Classical Japanese Woodblock Prints

Klassische Japanische Holzdrucke mit Drachen

Classical Japanese Woodblock Prints with Kites
Classical Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Als japanischen Holzschnitt bezeichnet man Druckgrafik, deren Tradition in Japan in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts entstanden ist, und bis heute fortgeführt wird.

Erst durch die Technik des Holzschnitt-Druckes wurde es möglich, Informationen auch einem größeren Personenkreis zugänglich zu machen. Darstellungen von Drachen finden sich sehr früh auf Holzschnitten. Drachen sind eng mit dem Neujahrsfest verbunden, der klassischen Zeit zum Drachensteigen. Die Bildersprache wird dabei immer so gewählt, dass sie das Selbstverständnis des Zielpublikums bedient. So verwundert es nicht, dass in der Bildersprache der Holzschitte die Darstellung von Drachen sehr oft ein Hinweis auf das Neue Jahr sind.

Kennzeichnend für den klassischen japanischen Holzschnitt ist das Fehlen von Licht- und Schatteneffekten. Gegenstände und Personen werden mit klaren, flüssigen Linien gezeichnet, Flächen sind farbig gefüllt oder leer gelassen und Formen sind häufig stilisiert. Ziel der Darstellung ist, wie in der gesamten klassischen chinesischen und japanischen Malerei, nicht die naturgetreue Wiedergabe eines Sujets, sondern die Darstellung seines Wesens, seines Charakters. Der Künstler deutet nur an, das Bild selbst setzt sich erst im Kopf des Betrachters zusammen.

Ein weiteres Merkmal ist das Fehlen einer Perspektive bzw. das Fehlen eines eindeutigen Bildmittelpunktes. Die Illusion der räumlichen Tiefe wird durch sich überlagernde, aus dem Bild hinausreichende Gegenstände und durch neben- bzw. hintereinander gestellte Szenen erzielt.

Als japanisches Kunsthandwerk ab ca. 1870 zu einer Welle des Japonismus vor allem in Pariser Salons führte, begann man auch japanische Holzschnitte zu sammeln. Bracquemond und die Gebrüder Goncourt waren die ersten bedeutenden Sammler japanischer Farbholzschnitte in Paris, und bald fanden sich Nachahmer, unter anderem die Maler Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas und Vincent van Gogh sowie die Schriftsteller Charles Baudelaire und Émile Zola. Bildzitate klassischer Japanischer Holzschnitte findet man auch heute in der westlichen Kunst. Selbst als Bildzitat in aktueller Werbung sind sie zu finden.

Das weltweit wohl bekannteste Ukiyo-e ist das ikonische Werk der "Grossen Welle vor Kanagawa". Neben dem Torii von Itsukushima wohl das am haeufigsten dargestellte Werk um Japan bildlich zu zitieren. Drachen haben ein weltweit positives Image. So verwundert es nicht, wenn auch auf Japanischen Holzscnitten Drachen zu finden sind. Danach ist wohl der haeufigste Holzdruck mit Drachen Hokusais "Szene von den Mitsui-Läden bei Suruga-chō in Edo" oder "Der Hongan-Tempel bei Asakusa in Edo", beide aus der Serie "Sechsunddreissig Ansichten des Berges Fuji".

Die bekanntesten Japanischen Künstler sind wahrscheinlich HOKUSAI und HIROSHIGE, die gleichzeitig auch bedeutsame Schulen führten und so die Traditionen dieser beiden Protagonisten bis ins 20. Jahrhundert fortsetzten. In der folgenden Sammlung sind einige meiner Holzschnitte mit Drachen dargestellt.
Book, "Classical Japanese Woodblock Prints with Kites"
  • Einen allgemeinen und kurzen Ueberblick ueber Japanische Drachentypen findet man in der Kuenstler-Mappe von KATO Tatsusaburo.




Ein Klick auf die jeweils abgebildete Miniatur, führt zu einer vergroesserten Darstellung
Kuenstler A bis G   Kuenstler H bis J   Kuenstler  K    Kuestler L bis N    Kuenstler O bis Z

  Nicht identifizierte Kuenstler

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Japanese woodblock prints are referred to as woodcuts prints that emerged in Japan in the second half of the 18th Century continued their traditions until today.

Only through the technique of woodcut printing, it became possible to spread any kind of information to a larger public. Representations of kites can be very early found on woodcuts. Imagery is always chosen to appeal to the self-image of the target audience. Within that context, 'kites' represent 'New Year', because kite flying was a widespread pasttime within that season.
A characteristic of the classical Japanese woodcut print is the lack of light and shadow effects. People and objects are drawn with clear, flowing lines and surfaces, and are colored or left blank, and filled forms are often stylized. The aim of the presentation is, as in the entire classical Chinese and Japanese painting, not the natural reproduction of a subject, but the representation of its being, its character. The artist only hints at the image itself, and it consists only in the mind of the beholder.

Another feature is the lack of perspective, and the lack of a clear center of picture. The illusion of depth is obtained by spatial overlapping, reaching out from the image objects, and through side by side or one behind the other set scenes.

As Japanese crafts from around 1870 led to a wave of Japonism especially in Parisian salons, Europeans began to collect Japanese woodblock prints. Bracquemond and the Goncourt brothers were the first major collector of Japanese woodblock prints in Paris, and soon found imitators, including the painter Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Vincent van Gogh, and the writer Charles Baudelaire and Émile Zola. Image quotations of  classical Japanese woodcuts are found even today in Western art, and are often used for advertisement purposes.

Probably the world's most famous ukiyo-e is the iconic work of the "Great Wave off Kanagawa". Besides the Torii of Itsukushima, it is probably the most frequently depicted work to quote Japan visually.  Kites have a positive image worldwide. So it is not surprising if kites can also be found on Japanese woodcuts. After that, the most often used kite woodblock print to depict Japan is Hokusai's "A Sketch of the Mitsui Shop in Suruga in Edo" or "Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital", both from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji".

The best-known Japanese artists are probably HOKUSAI and HIROSHIGE and, at the same time, they also led significant schools, and so the traditions of these two protagonists to the 20th Century continued until today. The following pictures are some of my collection of woodcuts, illustrated with kites.
Book, "Classical Japanese Woodblock Prints with Kites"
  • A general an short overview of Japanese kite types can be found in the artist's portfolio of  KATO Tatsusaburo.




A click on each thumbnail shown here, leads to an enlarged view.

Artists A to G    Artists from H to J    Artists  K   Artists L to N   Artists O to Z
 
Non Identified Artists





CHICANOBU, Beauties at New Year CHIKANOBU, "Man Riding a Kite"
 CHIKANOBU, Flying Kites at New Years
CHIKANOBU (1838 - 1912)
"Beauties at New Year's"
 CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Man Riding a Kite"
 CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Flying Kites at New Year's"
CHIKANOBU, "A Parody of Soga Brothers Performed by Children"
CHIKANOBU, "Celebrating the New Year"
CHIKANOBU, "Playing Games at New Year's"
CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"A Parody of Soga Brothers Performed by Children" 		CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Celebrating the New Year" 		CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Playing Games at New Year's"
CHIKANOBU, "Celebrating the New Year" CHIKANOBU, 'Mirror of Historical Eras / The Kaei Era'
 Chikanobu, "Girl's Complete Game Collection"
CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Tametomo Drawing His Sword" 		CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Mirror of Historical Eras / The Kaei Era" 		CHIKANOBU  (1838 - 1912)
"Girl's Complete Game Collection"




CHOSHO, Otafuku kite Surimono

CHOSHO  (active since 1857)
"Otafuku kite Surimono"



EISEN, "Beauties at New Year's"

EISEN Keisei, "Hear no Evil" (Surimono)
EISEN Keisai (1790 - 1848)
"Beauties at New Years"
EISEN Keisai (1790 - 1848)
"Hear no Evil"  (Surimono)
Series: Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, See no Evil




FUJITA Fumio, "Kite Flying on a Winter Day" (1976)

FUJITA Fumio (*1933)
"Kite Flying on a Winter Day"


GEKKO, "Light Tower and Kite"
GEKKO, The Beauty and the Flower Seller
GEKKO (1859-1920)
"Light Tower and Kites"
From the untitled series One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji
GEKKO (1859-1920)
"Beauties and the Flower Seller"



GINKO, "New Year in the Theater District"



GINKO, "Spring Breeze Diary"
GINKŌ (active 1870-1900)
"New Year in the Theater District"
Series: Annual Events of the Theater in Edo 		 



 GINKŌ (active 1870-1900)
"Spring Breeze Diary"
Manga: Shunpu Nikki (Vol.6 N.1 (Shang), pages 7 and 8




HASEGAWA Sadanobu-I, "Daimaru Draperies Store"

HASEGAWA Sadanobu-I ( 1809 -1879)
"Daimaru Draperies Store"
 

 



HIROKAGE, Sakuma-cho Outside Kanda HIROKAGE "No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon" HIROKAGE "No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon"
HIROKAGE (active ca. 1854 - 1868)
"No. 10, Sakuma-chô outside Kanda"
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
HIROKAGE (active ca. 1854 - 1868)
"No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon"
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
HIROKAGE (active ca. 1854 - 1868)
"No. 44, Willow Well outside Sakurada Gate"
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo



HIROSHIGE, Hibiya and Soto Sakurada from Yamachita-cho HIROSHIGE, Kasumigaseki HIROSHIGE, MountAtago in Shiba
HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Hibiya and Soto-Sakurada from Yamashita-cho"
(Benkei Moat)
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
 HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Kasumigaseki"
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
 HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Mount Atago, Shiba"
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

HIROSHIGE, Outside Hibiya, Seen from Sukiya-gashi, 1858
HIROSHIGE, "View of Kasumigasek"i - Toto Meisho
HIROSHIGE, Bishamonten Messenger Visiting Mount Atago in Shiba
HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Outside Hibiya, Seen from Sukiya-gashi" (1858)
(Sukiya-gashi yori Hibi[ya] soto o miru)
Series: Famous Places in Edo "Edo meisho" (江戸名所)
 HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"View of Kasumigaseki"
Series: Famous Places of the eastern Capital
(東都名所 Kôto Meisho)

 HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Bishamonten Messenger Visiting Mount Atago in Shiba on the Third Day of the New Year" (1853)
Series: Famous Places in Edo "Edo meisho" (江戸名所)


Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) "Tenjin-Shrine at Yushima"


HIROSHIGE, Distant View at Mount Akiba at Kakegawa
HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Tenjin-Shrine at Yushima"
Series: Famous Places in Edo "Kôto meisho" (東 都名所)

HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Distant View of Mount Akiba at Kakegawa"
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido; Hoeido Tokaido
HIROSHIGE, Totomi-Kites -A Famous Product Of Fukuroi

Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Fukuroi Reissho-Tokaido-Edition
 HIROSHIGE, Fukuroi - Fifty-three Stations (Jinbutsu Edition) 
HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Totomi Kites, a Famous Product of Fukuroi"
Series: Pictures of Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Vertical Tokaido)
 		HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"No. 28, Fukuroi: Famous Kites of Tôtômi"
Series: Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Reissho or Horizontal Tokaido)





 		HIROSHIGE (1797 - 1858)
"Fukuroi, Fifty -three Stations
 (Jinbutsu or Figure Tokaido)
Hiroshige-II, "At the Shore"
 HIROSHIGE-II, "Kites and Distant View of Mount Akiba seen from Fukuroi, Enshu"
Hiroshige-II, Atogayama (Kites in the Sky of Atagoyama)
HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"At the Shore"
Series: "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations"
 HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"Kites and Distant View of Mount Akiba
seen from Fukuroi, Enshu" (1859)
Series: "One Hundred Views of Famous Places
in the Provinces"   		HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"(Kites in the Sky of) Mount Atago (Atogayama)"
Series: "Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital"



HIROSHIGE, Myokendo Temple at Yanagashima   HIROSHIGE-II, "Fukuroi, The Famous Big Kites"
 HIROSHIGE-II, "Shin Ohashi"
HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"Myokendo Temple at Yanagishima" (1860)
Series: "Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo"		 HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"Fukuroi, The Famous Big Kites"
Series: "Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road" 		HIROSHIGE-II (1826 - 1869)
"Shin Ohashi / New Big Bridge" (1867)
Series: "Thirty-six Views of Fuji"






Hiroshige-III, Ueno Hirokoji Hiroshige-III, "Outside Sakurada"
 HIROSHIGE-III, Kimono Shop in Hatagocho
HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Ueno Hirokoji"
Series: Famous Places in Tokyo 		HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Outside Sakurada"
Series: Famous Places in Tokyo
 HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Kimono Shop in Hatagocho"
Series: "Illustrations of Famous Places in Modern Tokyo"
 HIROSHIGE-III, "Chasing Feather and Face at Yanagibashi"
 HIROSHIGE-III, "Lucky Gods as Children"
 HIROSHIGE-III, "Bewilderment by a Kite at Ryogoku Hirokoji Plaza"
HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Chasing Feather and Face at Yanagibashi"
Series: "Tokyo's Funny Famous Places"

 		HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Lucky Gods as Children"		 HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"Bewilderment by a Kite at
Ryogoku Hirokoji Plaza"
Series: "Tokyo's Funny Famous Places"
HIROSHIGE-III, The Mitsukoshi Department Store in Suruga-cho
 
 Hiroshige-III, The Mitsui Bank in Suruga-cho
HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"The Mitsukoshi Department Store in Suruga-cho"
Series: "Illustrated guide to famous places in Tokyo"
HIROSHIGE-III (1843 - 1894)
"The Mitsui Bank in Suruga-cho"
Series: "36 Views of Modern Tōkyō"



Hokkei/Hokusai, Beauty and Boy with Kite (Surimono)

HOKKEI, Hokkei-Manga (two pages)
HOKKEI (1780 - 1850)  (/ Hokusai)
"Beauty and Boy with Kite"
(Surimono)
HOKKEI (1780 - 1850)
"Hokkei-Manga"
(two pages)



HOKUSAI, Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa HOKUSAI, View of the Mitsui Stores HOKUSAI, Drying a Bolt of Cloth
HOKUSAI  1760 - 1849)
"Honganji Temple at Asakusa in Edo"
Series: Thirty-six Views of Fuji
 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"View of the Mitsui Stores at Surugacho in Edo"
Series: The Thirty-six Views of Fuji
 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Drying a Bolt of Cloth"
HOKUSAI, 100 Views of MtFuji Shichu Station (Manga) HOKUSAI, 100 Views of MtFuji a tNewrs Day (Manga) HOKUSAI, Travelers and View of MtFuji
HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Shichu Station and View of Mt. Fuji
Manga: "Fugaku Hyakkei" (100 Views of Mt.Fuji)		 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Travelers and View of Mt. Fuji
Manga: "Fugaku Hyakkei" (100 Views of Mt.Fuji)		 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Travelers and View of Mt. Fuji
Series: "Fugaku Hyakkei" (100 Views of Mt.Fuji)
HOKUSAI, New Years Ferry HOKUSAI, The Banks of the Sumida River (Manga)
HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Banks of Sumida River" (New Year's Ferry)

 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Banks of Sumida River at a glance"
(Manga Book)
HOKUSAI, Gate of the Shrine (Surimono) HOKUSAI, Hokusai-Manga Vol. 11
 HOKUSAI,Shinagawa (Surimono)
HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Gate of the Shrine"

 HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Hokusai-Manga Vol. 11"
 		HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Tea Stand and Boy with Kite" /
 "Shinagawa:  Boy with Kite")
Series: Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance

HOKUSAI, Ohara Girl
HOKUSAI, Kakegawa Station, 1806 edition of the Vertical Tokaido
HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Women of Ohara"
(Surimono)
HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
"Kakegawa Station"

Series: 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1806 ed.)




IIJIMA Kuga, "Three Boys and a Kite at New Year's Day" (Surimono)

IIJIMA Koga (1829 - 1900)
"Three Boys and a Kite at New Year's Day"
(Surimono)



IKKEI, Kameido Plum Garden
  IKKEI, 50 Explanatory Illustrations, No13 of 50
 IKKEI, "The Double Mirror of Moral Teachings for Girls, No. 12
IKKEI  (active 1865 ~ 1873)
"Kameido Plum Garden"
Series: Thirty-six Amusing Views of Famous Places in Tokyo 		IKKEI  (active 1865 ~ 1873)
"50 Explanatory Illustrations, No13 of 50"
Series: A comprehensive explanation of over 50 articles   		IKKEI  (active 1865 ~ 1873)
"The Double Mirror of Moral Teachings for Girls, No. 12"
Series: The Double Mirror of Moral Teachings for Girls


IKKEI, 50 Explanatory Illustrations, No16 of 50

IKKEI  (active 1865 ~ 1873)
"50 Explanatory Illustrations, No16 of 50"
Series: A comprehensive explanation of over 50 articles
 




IKUTA Kachojo, Flying a Kite (Kakemono)


IKUTA Kachojo (1889 - 1978)
"Flying a Kite"
(Kakemono)




Bunsai ISONo Nobuharu, aus/from 'Nagasaki Souvenir'

Bunsai ISONO Nobuharu ((active 1816-1847))
"Mu Take"
(from Souvenir Manga "Nagasaki Miyage")
  



KABURAGI Kiyokata (1886-1972) "First Easterly Winds"

KABURAGI Kiyokata (1886-1972)
"First Easterly Winds"




KAWABATA Ryushi (1885-1966), "Home Education Sugoroku"

KAWABATA Ryushi (1885-1966)
"Home Education Sugoroku"




KATO Tatsusaburo, "風, Kites of Japan. A Vanishing Art"

KATO Tatsusaburō (1899~1975)

Series: "風, Kites of Japan. A Vanishing Art"




Katsuhira Tokushi, Pictures of Kites (No. 16, Folk Art Prints)

KATSUHIRA Tokushi (1904 - 1971)
"Pictures of Kites, No. 16"
Series: Folk Art Prints



KIYOHARA Hitoshi, Kite Flying
KIYOHARA Hitoshi, Girl Playing Ball (Christmas and New Year Card)
KIYOHARA Hitoshi (1896 - 1956)
"Kite Flying"
Series: Folk Art Prints
KIYOHARA Hitoshi (1896 - 1956)
"Kite Flying"
Christmas and New Year Card




KIYONAGA, The Entangled Kite

Torii KIYONAGA (1752 - 1815)
"The Entangled Kite Line"
Series: Customs of the East




KIYOTADA-Torii-VII, Actors on a Battledore and Kite

Torii KIYOTADA VII (1875 - 1941)
'Actors on a Battledore and a Kite'




Torii KIYOTSUNE, Portrait of the Actor Otani Oniji-II


Torii KIYOTSUNE (active 1751 - 1781)
"Portrait of the Actor Otani Oniji-II"



KOBAYASHI Eitaku, "Meiji Taiheiki - Vol. 3, Part I"
KOBAYASHI Eitaku, "Learning from Annual Ancient Events"
KOBAYASHI Eitaku (1843 - 1890)
"Meiji Taiheiki - Vol. 3, Part I"
Series: Meiji Chronicle of Great Peace
KOBAYASHI Eitaku (1843 - 1890)
"Learning from Ancient Annual Events"




KOBAYASHI Kiyochika "Addition : One Hundred Faces - Writer, Kite Flyer, Tsuika, Hyakumensa

KOBAYASHI Kiyochika (1847- 1915)
"Additional : One Hundred Faces -
 Writer, Kite Flyer, Looking for Fleas, Angler"
Series: "Tsuika Hyaku Men So" 



KOKUNIMASA, "Springtime Amusement Making Fun"

  KOKUNIMASA, Boy with a Kite
KOKUNIMASA (1874 - 1944)
"Springtime Drama of Playing Victory" 
KOKUNIMASA (1874 - 1944)
"Five Yearly Festivals - "Shogatsu" (The New Year's Day) Flying kite, battledore and hand ball", ca. 1890
Series: "Fuzoku Goseck no Uchi" (Customs and Manners)



KORYOSAI (1735 - 1790) "Kite Flying"


KORYOSAI, "Flying a Kite"
KORYOSAI  (1735 - 1790)
"Kite Flying"
KORYOSAI  (1735 - 1790)
"Flying a Kite"




KOTOZUKA, Near Yatsusaka on New Years Day

KOTOZUKA (1906 - 1979)
"Near Yatsusaka On New Year's Day (January)"



KUNIAKI, 'Beauties, Enjoying a Spring Stroll'

KUNIAKI, "Kites All Over"
KUNIAKI-II (1835 - 1888)
"Beauties, Enjoying a Spring Stroll"
KUNIAKI-II (1835 - 1888)
"Kites All Over"



KUNICHIKA (Toyohara Omiwa), Celebrating New Years Day KUNICHIKA (Toyohara Omiwa), Three Kingoms Leaders and Man Kite KUNICHIKA (Toyohara Omiwa), Modern Parody of an Exclusive Selection of Kites
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Celebrating New Year's Day"
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Three Kingdoms Leaders and Man Kite"
 KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Modern Parody of an Exclusive Selection of Kites"
KUNICHIKA, "Soga Juro and Man Kite" KUNICHIKA, "Pride of the Empire: First Sunshine and Clouds" Kunichika (1835 - 1900) "Spring Brocade Dance-Drama in Picture and Sound"
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Soga Juro and Man Kite" 		KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Pride of the Empire: First Sunshine and Clouds"

 KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Spring Brocade Dance-Drama in Picture and Sound"
KUNICHIKA (Toyohara Omiwa), Senkich and Sanko Playing KUNICHIKA, "Flying Kites in Spring" KUNICHIKA (Toyohara Omiwa), 100 Kabuki-Roles by Ichikawa Danjuro
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Senkichi and the Sanko Playing with New Year's Toys"
Poem by Minamoto Muneyuki Ason
Series: Embellishments for a Set of 36 Flowers
(36 Immortal Poets) 		KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Flying Kites in Spring" 		KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Musume Omiwa"
Series: "100 Kabuki Roles by Ichikawa Danjuro"
KUNICHIKA, "Beauty at New Year's" KUNICHIKA, "Kabuki Characters"
 KUNICHIKA, Beauty with a Kite
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Beauty at New Year's"
Series: "Newly Woven Brocades: Musashi Beauties" 		KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Kabuki Characters"		 KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Beauty with a Kite"
Series: Thirty-six Tokyo Restaurants
KUNICHIKA, Onoe Kikugoro V as a Yakko-dako

KUNICHIKA, Sekiya
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Onoe Kikugoro-V as a Yakko-Kite"
Series: 100 Rôles of Baiko
KUNICHIKA (1835 - 1900)
"Sekiya"
Series: The Fifty-four Chapters in Modern Times




KUNIMARU, "Todays Spring Solistice"

KUNIMARU (active 1850 - 1875)
"Todays Spring Solistice"



KUNISADA, 'A Scene from the Revenge of the Soga Brothers'
 KUNISADA and TOYOKUNI-III, Soga Goro Tokimune- Arguing with a Beauty Kunisada / Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864) Tale of the Soga Brothers
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"A Scene from the Revenge of the Soga Brothers"
 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Soga Goro Tokimune Arguing with a Beauty" 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Tale of the Soga Brothers"
TOYOKUNI-III (Kunisada) , "Yakko" "Ordinary Yakko Kite", (Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Edition)
"Ordinary Yakko Kite", (Maruya Edition)
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Yakko"
Series: List of Titles of Dance Forms

 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
  "Ordinary Yakko Kite",
(Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Edition)

 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Ordinary Yakko Kite"
(Maruya Edition)
KUNISADA, "Ordinary Yakko Kite" (Asahina Kobayashi) TOYOKUNI-III (KUNISADA), 'The First Performance of the Period of Aikyou Soga'
KUNISADA, Ordinary Yakko kite (1857)
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Ordinary Yakko Kite" (Asahina Kobayashi)


 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"The First Performance of the Period of Aikyou Soga" (1833) 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Ordinary Yakko Kite" (1857)
TOYOKUNI-III (KUNISADA) Gathering Spring Greens KUNISADA / TOYOKUNI-III, "Soldier's Dream and Yakko Kite" Kunisada / Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864), Kite Flying Triptych
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Gathering Spring Greens" 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Soldier's Dream and Yakko Kite"

 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
Kite Flying Triptych, 1863
Series: Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places
TOYOKUNI-III (Kunisada) ,Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in the Eastern Capital TOYOKUNI-III (Kunisada) , "Oniwaka Rikinosuke holding a Kite" KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI-III), Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in the Eastern Capital
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Street Knight with a Man Kite Kimono" 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Oniwaka Rikinosuke holding a Kite"

 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in the Eastern Capital"
KUNISADA, "Emerging from a Tree Trunk"   KUNISADA, View of Edo Nihonbashi Station
 TOYOKUNI-III (Kunisada) ,Kakaegawa Station from Series "Bijin Tokaido"
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Emerging from a Tree Trunk"

 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Edo Nihonbashi Station"
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Kakegawa-Station"
Series: Bijin Tokaido
KUNISADA and TOYOKUNI-III, New Years Day Kite Flying
 KUNISADA, "Bijin with Kite Kimono"
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III), "Scene from Chiyo no Haru Tosa-e no Saya-ate"
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"New Year's Day Kite Flying" 		KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Bijin with Kite Kimono"


 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Scene from Chiyo no Haru Tosa-e no Saya-ate"
Kunisada (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864) "Kite and Courtesan" (Part of Tryptich)  KUNISADA, "Mutsuki" (January)
 KUNISADA, Bando Hikosaburo as Aratamano 
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Kite and Courtesan"

 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Mutsuki"


 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Bando Hikosaburo as Aratamano Harugoro"
KUNISADA, Toy Vendor and Girl with Clam Basket
 KUNISADA, "Children Imitating the Seven Gods of Good Fortune" (Jurojin)
 KUNISADA, "Beauties beneath a Plum Tree"
KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Toy Vendor and Girl with Clam Basket"

 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
  "Children Imitating the Seven Gods of Good Fortune" (Jurojin)



 KUNISADA (Toyokuni-III) (1786 - 1864)
"Beauties beneath a Plum Tree"






KUNISADA-II, "Five Heroes"

KUNISADA-II (1823 - 1880)
"Five Heroes"

KUNISADA-II, Actor Picture Kites

KUNISADA-II (1823 - 1880)
"Actor Picture Kites"

KUNISADA-II, "Beauty at New Year's"

KUNISADA-II  (1823 - 1880)
"Beauty at New Year's"



Kunisada-III "Onoe Kikugoro Vth as a Yakko-dako" (Tryptichon) KUNISADA-III, "Kabuki Stars Flying High" KUNISADA-III, Women with Kite (Tryptichon)
KUNISADA-III  (1848 - 1920)
"Onoe Kikugoro Vth as a Yakko-dako" 		KUNISADA-III  (1848 - 1920)
"Kabuki Stars Flying High"


 		KUNISADA-III  (1848 - 1920)
"Women with Kite"



KUNISATO, Children at New Years
KUNISATO, Man Kite (Yakko-Kite)
KUNISATO (acive until1858)
"Children of the East Playing in Springtime" ,1854
KUNISATO (acive until1858)
"Kabuki Scene - Man Kite" (Yakko)




KUNITERU, "Spring Sunrise"

KUNITERU (1808 - 1876)
"Spring Sunrise"




KUNITERU-II, From Yanagibashi to ShinYanagicho

KUNITERU-II (1829 - 1874)
"From Yanagibashi to ShinYanagicho"



KUNITOSHI (1847 - 1899), "New Comprehensive Collection of Kites "
KUNITOSHI, "New Collection of Giant-Kites"
KUNITOSHI (1847 - 1899)
"New Comprehensive Collection of Kites "
KUNITOSHI (1847 - 1899)
"New Collection of Giant Kites "




KUNITSUNA, "Yakko Kite"

KUNITSUNA (1805 - 1868)
"Yakko-Dako"



KUNIYOSHI, Scene from The Soga Brothers KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861), "New Year Visits in the ModernWorld"
KUNIYOSHI, The Almost Full Moon at Masaki
KUNIYOSHI  (1797 - 1861)
"Scene from the Soga Brothers"

 KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"New Year Visits in the ModernWorld"
1847~1848
 KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"The Almost-full Moon at Masaki"
KUNIYOSHI, A View of Mitsumata and Eitai Bridge Seen from Susaki, 1843 Series; Famous Views of Edo KUNIYOSHI, "Mutsuki" KUNIYOSHI, Busy Street Scene, 1843 - 1846
KUNIYOSHI  (1797 - 1861)
"A View of Mitsumata and Eitai Bridge Seen from Susaki"  1843
Series: Famous Views of Edo

  KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Mutsuki" (First Month) 1844
Series: Gosekku no uchi (Five Festivals)		 KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Busy Street Scene"
1843 - 1846
Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) "Musician and Kites at Haruno" Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861), "Omiwa" KUNIYOSHI, "Ferry, Passing a Beauty in a Boati"
KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Musician and Kites at Haruno"
1854 		KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Omiwa"
1854 		KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
'Ferry, Passing a Beauty in a Boat'
1854
Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) "Mutsumashitsuki" KUNIYOSHI, "Oshikyo (Wang ZiQiao)", Strolling Beauty Stopped by a Crane Kite
Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) "Beauty and Children with Kite"
KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Mutsumashitsuki"
1830		 KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Oshiky" Beauty st0pped by a Crane Kite"
1848

 		KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Beauty and Children with Toys"
1854
KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861), "Onoe Kikugoro-III as Aragoro Mohei"
KUNIYOSHI, "Favourite Customs of the Present Day"
 KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861) "Crowds at the Market at Asakusa Temple"
KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Onoe Kikugoro-III as Aragoro Mohei"
1832~1835

 		KUNIYOSHI (1797 - 1861)
"Favourite Customs of the Present Day"
1830


 		KUNIYOSHI  (1797 - 1861)
"Crowds at the Market at Asakusa Temple"



KYOSAI, "Seven Lucky Deities"
 KYOSAI, "Seven Gods of Good Fortune at the Foot of Mount Fuji"
 KYOSAI, "God of Wealth Daikokuten's Lucky Draw"
KYOSAI (1831 - 1889)
"Seven Lucky Deities"
prior to 1884		 KYOSAI (1831 - 1889)
"Seven Gods of Good Fortune at the Foot of Mount Fuji"
 

KYOSAI (1831 - 1889)
"God of Wealth Daikokoten's Lucky Draw"
prior to 1889

KYOSAI, Angry Women (Manga)

KYOSAI (1831 - 1889)
"Angry Woman and Boy with a Kite"
 (Manga)







MASAMITSU Ota, Actor as a Yakko-dako Kite , 1943

MASAMITSU Ota (1892 - 1975)
"Actor as a Yakko-dako Kite"
 (1943)




MIYAKE Gogyou, "Kite Flying"


MIYAKE Gogyou (1868 - 1919)
"Kite Flying"
 (1893)




Unknown Artist (19th Century) "Festival Celebrations at New Year"

NAKAMURA Shūkō
(active circa 1894 - 1904)
"Festival Celebrations at New Year"




NAKANO Keizo, Tsugaru Kite Picture

NAKANO Keizō
(1929 - 2006)
"Tsugaru Kite Picture"




NOMURA Takaaki, "Memory of Childhood - Miscellaneous Sweets Store - Dagashiya"

NOMURA Takaaki (born 1949)
"Memory of Childhood - Miscellaneous Sweets Store - Dagashiya"



OSE Takuichi, "Warrior (Momotaro)"
 OSE Takuichi, Tsugaru Kite
 OSE Takuichi, "Warrior (Momotaro)"
Ose Tokuichi
"Warrior (Momotaro)"
(Shin Hanga)

 Ose Tokuichi (20th century)
"Tsugaru Kite Painting"		 Ose Tokuichi
"Warrior (Samurai)"
(Shin Hanga)



 
  SADAFUSA, "Children's Play" ("Kodomo-Yu Gosseku)  

SADAFUSA (active 1818 ~ 1850)
"Children's Play"
Series: Five Festivals




SADATORA, "Parody of Daikoku"

SADATORA (active 1818 ~ 1845)
"Parody of Daikoku"
Series: Parody of the Three Gods of Good Fortune




Sadahiro-II (Hirosada-II) (1838 - 1918) "Beauty at New Year's"

SADAHIRO-II  (Hirosada-II) (1838 - 1918)
"Beauty at New Year's"




SANO Takao, "Kites in the Blue Sky"

SANO Takao (b. 1941)
"Kites in the Blue Sky"




SEIKICHI, Goyu in Mikawa-Province

SEIKICHI (1855 - 1903)    
"Goyu in Mikawa Province"
Series: Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, 1872




SHIBA Kokan, 'Oni Flying Kites' (Kakemono)

SHIBA Kokan (1747- 1818)    
"Oni Flying Kites" 1789
(Kakemono)




SHIGEMASA, "First Month"

Kitao SHIGEMASA (1739 - 1823)    
"First Month" 1790
Series: unnamed series of "Twelve Months"




SHIMIZU Kahei, 'Collection of Kites'

SHIMIZU Kahei (b. 19th century)
'Collection of Kites'




SHIMIZU Toru, Kite Flying

SHIMIZU Toru (b. 1938)
"Kite Flying"



SHUNTEI, Flying Kites
SHUNTEI, "January: The Shuttlecock"
SHUNTEI (1873 - 1914)
" Flying Kites"
Series: Children's Manners and Customs
(Kodomo fuzoku)
SHUNTEI (1873 - 1914)
"January: The Shuttlecock"
Series: Twelve Months of Beauties
(Bijin Ju-ni ka Getsu)




SUIZAN, 'New Years Kite Surimono'

SUIZAN (active1860ies)
"New Years Kite Surimono"




SUZUKI Kason, "Puppy with Yakko Kite"

SUZUKI Kason (1860 - 1919)
"Puppy with Yakko Kite"




Katsushika TAITO (TAITO-II) (active ca. 1810 - 1853) "Geisha and Kite" Surimono

TAITO Katsushika (TAITO-II) (active ca. 1810 - 1853)
"Geisha and Kite"
(Surimono)




TAKAGI Shiro, 'New Year's day Kites and Mt. Fuji'

TAKAGI Shiro (1934 - 1998)
"New Year's Day Kites and Mt. Fuji"




TAKEHISA Yumeiji, "Autumn Tune"


TAKAKEHISA Yumeiji (1884 - 1934)
"Autumn Tune"




TANAKA Masaaki, Flying Large Kites in Hamamatsu

TANAKA Masaaki (*1947),
"Flying Large Kites in Hamamatsu"






TERAZAKI Kogyo (1866-1919) "Cherry Blossoms Viewing - Party and Kite"


TERAZAKI Kogyo (1866-1919)
"Cherry Blossoms Viewing -  Party and Kite"




TOYONOBU, Boys Flying a Kite

TOYONOBU (1711 - 1785)
"Boys Flying a Kite"




UTAMARO, Yamauba and Kintaro with a Kite

UTAMARO (1753 - 1806)
"Yamauba and Kintarō
with a Kite"



YOSHIFUJI, "Toy Print"
 YOsHIFUJI, "Twelve Month Sugoroku"
 YOSHIFUJI, "New Collection of Kites"
YOSHIFUJI (1828 - 1887)
"Toy Print" 		YOSHIFUJI (1828 - 1887)
"Twelve Month Sogoroku" 		YOSHIFUJI (1828 - 1887)
"New Collection of Kites"




YOSHIHARU, "Kites Rising in the Blue Sky

YOSHIHARU (1828 - 1888)
"Kites Rising in the Blue Sky"



YOSHIIKU, "The Seven Lucky Gods" YOSHIIKU, "Ichikawa Ichizô-III and Nakamura Tsurusuke-IV with Musicians"
YOSHIIKU, "A Modern Spring View"
YOSHIIKU (1833 - 1904)
"The Seven Lucky Gods" 		YOSHIIKU (1833 - 1904)
 "Ichikawa Ichizô-III and Nakamura Tsurusuke-IV with Musicians"

 		YOSHIIKU (1833 - 1904)
"A Modern Spring View: Courtesans Takihashi, Takiaya, and Takigawa of the Kuki-ro"
YOSHIIKU, Kabuki Shinpo 117-2
  
 YOSHIIKU, "Kabuki Shinpo 498"
YOSHIIKU (1833 - 1904)
 "Kabuki Shinpo No.117-2"
Series: Kabuki Shinpo (Theatre Manga), 1881


YOSHIIKU (1833 - 1904)
 "Kabuki Shinpo No.498"
Series: Kabuki Shinpo (Theatre Manga), 1885



YOSHITORA and KIYOSAI, Fukuroi in Totomi Province YOSHITORA, Kite Competition by Children YOSHITORA, Beauty with a Shamisen
YOSHITORA (active 1840 - 1880) and Kyosai (1831 - 1889)
"Fukuroi in Totomi Province:
Drunken Games of Yaji and Kita"
Series: Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, 1872		 YOSHITORA (active 1840 - 1880)
"Kodomo no Takoage Kurabe"
(Kite Flying Competition by Children)

 YOSHITORA (active 1840 - 1880)
"Beauty with a Shamisen"



YOSHITOSHI, Beauty With A Crane Kite
YOSHITOSHI, Yakko Dako (PAINTING)
YOSHITOSHI (1839 - 1892)
"Beauty with a Crane Kite"
Series: Six Poems of Love and Valor (Enyu Rokkasen)
YOSHITOSHI (1839 - 1892)
"Painting of a Yakko Kite"




YOSHITOYO, A Humorous Naniwa Spot: Imamiya Ebisu

Utagawa YOSHITOYO (1830-1866)
"A Humorous Naniwa Spot: Imamiya Ebisu"




YOSHITSUNA, "Hoso-e with Toys"

YOSHITSUNA (active1848~1868)
"Hozo-e with Toys"




YOSHITSUYA, "Boys Reenacting Yoritomos Hunt at MtFuj"

YOSHITSUYA (1822 - 1866)
"Boys Reenacting Yoritomo's Hunt at Mt. Fuji"




YOSHIUME, "Shitenno-ji"

YOSHIUME (1819~1879)
"Shitenno-ji"




SHIBATA Zeshin, Kite Surimono

Zeshin (SHIBATA Zeshin) (1808 - 1891)
"Kite Surimono"











"New Year Holiday in Japan"

Kite Flying in Japan in the middle of the 19th Century

"Steel engraving, "Illustrierte Zeitung" No. 1599,
February 21, 1874, 
Verlag J. J. Weber Leipzig (Germany)



"January 1st in Edo"

Kite Flying in Edo on January 1st

"Steel engraving, 
French illustrated paper


Non Identified Artists
Unknown Artist, Kabuki Characters and Kite (Harimaze) (Unknown Artist), Kintaro Tugging on a Kite String Unknown Artist, New Years Day Amusements
Unknown Artist (1866)
"Kabuki Characters and Kite"
(Harimaze)		 Unknown Artist (19th Century)
"KintaroTugging On A Kite String"
(Surimono)

 Unknown Artist (Meiji Era)
"New Year's Day Amusements"



Unknown Artist (19th Century) "Children in Snowy Street at New Years"
Unknown Artist (19th Century) "Boys Playing Kite in Front of a Village"
Unknown Artist (19th Century) "New Year's Fans, Yakko and Edo kite, Tiger and Daruma Toy, and Hanatsuki"
Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"Children in Snowy Street at New Years"
(Greeting Card)
 Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"Boys Playing Kite in Front of a Village at New Year"
(Greeting Card)


 		Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"New Year's Fans, Yakko and Edo kite, Tiger and Daruma Toy, and Hanetsuki"
(Greeting Card)



Unown Artist, 'Winter Scene with Boy and Yakko Kite'
 Unknown Artist (about 1950ies) possibly Bakufu Oono "Snowman"
UNKNOWN Artist, 'Skating Boy with Edo Kaku Kite'
Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"'Winter Scene with Boy and Yakko Kite'"

 Unknown Artist (possibly Bakufu Ohno) (about 1950)
"Children with a Snowman at New Year"
(Greeting Card)

 		Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"Skating Boy with Edo Kaku Kite"



Unknown Artist (19th Century), "Boy with Kite Reel and Yakko, Girl with Hanetsuki"
Unknown Artist (20th Century), "Yakko, Kite Reel and Space Rocket"
Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"Boy with Kite Reel and Yakko, Girl with Hanetsuki"
(Greeting Card)
Unknown Artist (20th Century)
"Yakko Kite, Kite Reel and Space Rocket"
(Greeting Card)




Unknown Artist (19th Century) "Boys and Girls Playing Kites and Spinning Tops" Village"
Unknown Artist, "Lion Dance"
Unknown Artist "New Year's Day Kite Flying" Calendar leaf (1890 ~ 1910)
Unknown Artist(s) (19h Century)
"Boys and Girls Playing Kites and Spinning Tops"
(Offset lithographs from Meiji Era book on "Japanese Children") 		Unknown Artist
"Lion Dance"
(~1860) 		Unknown Artist
"New Year's Day  Kite Flying"
Calendar leaf
(1890 ~ 1910)



Unknown Artist, Toy Print with Kite Unknown Artist, "Kites All Over" Unknown Artist, Edo-Kite Envelope
Unknown Artist
'Toy Print with Kite'
(Meiji Era, 1868 - 1912)

 Unknown Artist
'Kites All Over'
(Meiji Era, 1868 - 1912)

 		Unknown Artist
'Edo-Kite Envelope'
(Late Meiji Era / Early Taisho Era, 1910 - 30)



Dragon Kite
  UNKONOWN, 'New Collection of Kites'
 Oshogatsu Scene
Unknown Artist
'Dragon Kite'
(prior to 1949) 		Unknown Artist
'New Collection of  Kites'
(1890 ~ 1910)

 		Unknown Artist
'Edo Kaku with Warrior Face'
(late 19th century)




UNKNOWN artist, Ex Libris
UNKNOWN Artist, Ichikawa Sadanji with a Kite
UNKNOWN Artist, 'Yakko Kite'
Unknown Artist
'Ex Libris'
(1940 ~ 1960) 		Unknown Artist
 "Ichikawa Sadanji with a Kite"
(1888)

 		Unknown Artist
"New Year's Day  Kite Flying"
(1890 ~ 1910)




UNKNOWN, Sugoroku with Daruma Kite
 UNKNOWN, "Courtesan with Kite Kimono"
Unknown Artist
"Sugoroku with Daruma Kite"
(1896) 		Unknown Artist
"Courtesan with Kite Kimono"
(1890 ~ 1910)










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2025-09-23