Comment - Uncut single sheet omocha-e, with 4 classical large kite designs for Edo kites or Edo Kaku kites. The title of the print is written on the selvage above design No.2 ("Shin-ban-dako tsukushi", "しん板凧つくし") written in Hiragana.

The designs are as follows:

No. 1	Yamauba and the "Golden Boy" Kintaro"
No.  2	Daruma face design
No.  3	A variation of the Japanese flag, often to be seen on classical kite woodblock prints, for instance 1, 2, 3, 4 ... with with the character for "Storm" (Arashi, 嵐) within the sun symbol
No.  4	A red faced monster with small horns and a bloodstained axe in the background, and grumpy old man with a black cap, holding a fan.

Please compare this print with another toy print from YOSHIFUJI , KUNITOSHI and KUNIAKI-II, as well as the small edo kite chiyogami from an unknown woodblock artist of the Meiji-era.

Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature - Yoshifuji-ga ( 芳藤) on upper selvage above design No. 1 (upper left)

Publisher -  Higuchi Katabe ('Higuchi Takagi', 樋口鋠太巨郞) on lower left selvage (left to design No. 3), with date and complete address

Image Size - 25.3 X  37.1cm   (9 1/15" x 28")


Condition - single sheet; nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); omocha-e (toy print); vertical ôban (ôban tate-e);