Fig. 117. [↑]
Fig. 119. [↑]
The Japanese square kite, [Fig. 126], is like a canvas, ready for a grotesque figure, a beautiful landscape, or a conventional design, and many of these have been very artistically decorated.
For box-kites with bands as a part of their construction, the banding designs seem more consistent, and so are used more. See Figs. [127]-[133]. Fish, bird, butterfly, boy, man, and clown kites and all forms of representative kites require considerable brush work. [Fig. 134] is a beautiful brown kite all decorated with the brush. The school building in the center was painted with water colors. The fish kite, [Fig. 135], is all hand work. [Fig. 136] is the head for a dragon kite and should have considerable fierceness. [Fig. 137] has the decorative feature in carefully planned lettering which possesses a good space filling quality.
