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- Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
1764–1820
active: Japan
- kite of the strong man, Asaina, circa 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)
- Where object was made: Japan
- color woodcut
- Image Dimensions Height/Width: 154 x 197 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width: 60 5/8 x 77 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions: 14 x 19 in - William Bridges Thayer Memorial
- Not on display
- 0000.1466
- Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
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Color print of a kite that is in the shape of a man wearing a printed robe. The kite is stading up in the right side of the image, and it is connected to a thin rope that is rolled around a handle. There is calligraphy in the left side of the image. Poems by Sumuro Morozane and Fumi no Tayori.