Kites (tako)

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Kite 凧 tako

wadako 和凧 Japanese Kite




Flying a kite is a popular event during the three days of New Year Holidays. There are also contests of Kite flying in Hamamatsu and other cities. Some kites are so big it takes a whole group of grown up men to hold them. The patterns of Japanese Kites are sometimes very beautiful, heroes of legends and folktales are most spectacular. To find out about them is like an excursion in the stormy field of Japanese Samurai Heroes. But the diligent Daruma san has also won his place in this genre.


History of Kites in Japan


Kite Museums in Japan
凧（たこ）博物館


Japan Kite Association "日本凧の会"


Kites with six corners 六角凧 rokkaku tako


Goods with Daruma kite patterns,
like nektie pins and others
http://www.shokoren-toyama.or.jp/~daimon/tokusan/goods.html


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The Kite Museum in Ikasaki, Shikoku

Kites from Japan and all over the World



凧博物館では、日本各地の凧はもちろん、世界中から収集した凧の展示を中心に、凧に関する幅広い資料の充実を図っています。
伝統ある各地の凧を展示、紹介するとともに、創意工夫をこらした新しい凧も展示して、凧とのふれあいを深めたいと考えています。

五十崎凧資料館
〒795-0301　愛媛県喜多郡内子町五十崎甲1437番地
TEL　0893-44-5200　FAX　0893-44-5202
http://www.shikoku.ne.jp/bigkite/takohaku.html


MAP of the Area

List of Kites from Japan / 日本各地の凧
Click on the buttons to see the various kites.

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Daruma from Hatano 秦野だるま


Daruma as protector of the silk cocoons.

だるまは形が繭に似ているところから、養蚕の神とされてきました。
その他にも七転び八起きの商売繁盛、赤い衣は子どもの厄除け、農家にとっては豊年万作の福のなどなど、縁起物として大切にされています。
その昔、武家に子どもが生まれると、出生を祝って角凧をあげていました。
それを遠くで眺めていた農家の子供たちが凧を羨ましがり、せがまれて親が作ったのがだるま凧だったと言われています。目玉や胴の模様に蝋を溶かして筆で塗るとあげたときに逆光になり、その部分がランランと輝いて見えます。

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Daruma from Etchuu 越中だるま凧



六角凧で有名な三条市の凧にだるまを描いたものです。だるまは力強い筆致で描かれることが多く、この凧も線の太い力強いだるまの絵柄となっています。骨組みも太く、強風用の凧となっています。
A kite with six corners.


. Etchu Daimon Kite Festival 越中大門凧祭り 　　
with more Daruma kites !


. Folk Toys from Toyama (Etchu) .

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A long single tail is needed to fly this kite.
The birth of this kite is Hatano city, Kanagawa prefecture.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ET3M-TKKW/daruma.html

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Big Kite from Tsugaru 津軽大凧
About 115 cm long and 90 cm wide.




Photos from Ishino san.

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Kurayoshi no Ika 倉吉いか
In the town of Kurayoshi, Tottori, the kites are not called TAKO (Octopus), but IKA (Squid).
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凧っ平　浅見　英男（あさみ　ひでお）


for the year of the snake

Finally I want to introduce the kites of Mr. Hideo Asami. I met him at an exhibition in a store in Okayama City in 2001 and bought three kites all at once. Mr. Asami is very good with the brush, as you can see from the circle below the BIG Daruma kite. But what impressed me most was the writing of a special kite for my husband, rendering his name Bernard into "Beru (a bell) Naru (ringing) Doo (way)" , which he choose to write in chinese characters, making up a special version of the BELL part with a little bell instead of the strokes that belong here!

ベル鳴る道

浅見英男 Asami Hideo
http://www.mmjp.or.jp/tako/





My next best favourite is the BIG White, as I call him. He hangs in our Daruma Hall as if he was ment to be there. He is full of symbols of good luck: This very special kite has the most lucky charms on one figure (fuku o maneku Daruma Tako 招幸の達磨凧): The headband is in form of a pair of crossed herons, symbol for good marriage. The eyes in form of plover birds (chidori 千鳥), put on with wax to be shining. The chidori-form means your wish will be granted. The nose in form of the chinese character "To be happy" (yorokobu 喜). The ears in form of a gourd, with the Sanskrit characters for "A" and "Om", Beginning and End of all Things, on each. Symbol for a student who is studying all his life.
The beard painted strongly, symbol of good health.

The belly in form of mountains with the size of 7 5 3 (shichi go san 七五三), a lucky number for healthy children. General form of a rounded egg, since old times a symbol for good luck. Red color wards away bad luck, yellow brings money, purple expresses dignigty and the slightly pink face shows strong will.
The bow for the kite makes a sound when stretched to ward off evil spirits. If this much of lucky items does not help, who will? And the bells in the ear to wake you up from your dream about reality, the circle for the infinite truth...

Photo TBA

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from Kagawa　香川県

kite in the typical Daruma from だるまの形の凧
painted with
. Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 .


. my PHOTO ALBUM : Kite (tako)



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Bintulu International Kite Festival
Borneo International Kite Festival



September 30 till October 3, 2010

. Reference .


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. waraji tako わらじ凧
kite in the form of a straw sandal

This kite is made in memory of the great straw sandal from Mount Haguro. It is about 1 meter long and is used during the New Year celebrations.



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. . . . . H A I K U

kite, kigo for all spring


kite, tako 凧 (たこ)
raising a kite, tako age 凧揚げ（たこあげ）
kite fight, tako gassen 凧合戦（たこがっせん）
kite fite in Nagasaki, nagasaki no tako age
長崎の凧揚げ（ながさきのはたあげ）

paper kite, kami nobori 紙鳶（いかのぼり）
kite with picture, edako 絵凧（えだこ）
kite with Chinese characters, jidako 字凧（じだこ）
kite with YAKKO face, yakkodako 奴凧（やっこだこ）

kite like a fan, oogidako扇凧（おうぎだこ）
kite like a military leader's fan
gunbai, gunbaidako軍配凧（ぐんぱいだこ）

kite that makes a sound, unaridako うなり凧（うなりだこ）

Baramon kite from the Islands of Goto, Nagasaki
baramondako ばらもん凧（ばらもんだこ）


line of the kite, tako no ito 凧の糸（たこのいと）
tail of the kite, tako no o 凧の尾（たこのお）

fine day for kite flying, takobiyor 凧日和（たこびより）

hooked kite, kakaridako 懸り凧（かかりだこ）
kite with cut line, kiredako 切れ凧（きれだこ）
"kite going wild", kuruidako 狂い凧（くるいだこ）

group of kite fliers, tako no jin
凧の陣（たこのじん）
mostly in a competition



切凧のくるくる舞やお茶の水
kire tako no kuru-kuru mau ya ocha no mizu

broken kite dancing
'round and 'round...
Ocha-no-Mizu

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

Ochanomizu and Haiku



Kites as kigo in INDIA



. Black Kite, Milan noir (tonbi)
a bird of prey


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source :　hikaru
Kunisada : Kites of Edo


Folk Toys of Japan :
. tako 凧 kite .


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