Fukuroi: Famous Totomi Kites (Fukuroi, meibutsu Ensu tako) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
date: label: Date
content: 1855
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Women working in the rice paddles stop and admire the kites flying in the air. These kites, flown by playful children in the background, are somewhat similar to the original kites that were flown years ago. During the mid-eighteenth century, kites carried samurai who flew over buildings to spy on the enemy.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-224
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper