Asian Images » Japan http://asianimages.wordpress.com Through the lenses of Asianpixmen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/66e2a727a6850384213c1caf35abbace?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Asian Images » Japan http://asianimages.wordpress.com Japanese Fighter Kite http://asianimages.wordpress.com/2006/08/16/japanese-fighter-kite/ http://asianimages.wordpress.com/2006/08/16/japanese-fighter-kite/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:55:55 +0000 asianpixmen https://asianimages.wordpress.com/2006/08/16/japanese-fighter-kite/ ]]>

If I am not mistaken, this is the Japanese fighter kite, the tahara. Believe it or not, this kite can be manoeuvred to fly in any direction and can even be landed right before your feet.

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The Japanese are great craftsmen and you can see their mastery of kitemaking in the above – one a crane kite and the other, a fighter. The intricate designs are handdrawn. Great piece of art.

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