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Kites

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  • Kite-flying at a boys' festival in early spring. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1865.
  • Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).
  • St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.
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  • view Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).
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    Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).

    Shigekiyo. | Date: 1870? (?)] | Reference: 565385i
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    The drawing school for little masters and misses: containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher. ... To which are added, the whole art of kite making; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours. By Master Michael Angelo.

    Angelo, Michael, active 18th century. | Date: 1777
  • view St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.
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    St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.

    Cooke, George, 1781-1834. | Date: 1827 | Reference: 38644i
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    The drawing school for little masters and misses: containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher. Embellished with a great Variety of Figures curiously designed. To which are added, the whole art of Kite making; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours. By Master Michael Angelo.

    Angelo, Michael, active 18th century. | Date: [1774]
  • view Kite-flying at a boys' festival in early spring. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1865.
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    Kite-flying at a boys' festival in early spring. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1865.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: 1865 | Reference: 37454i
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