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Soaring kite sugoroku : rise up the sky

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Soaring kite sugoroku : rise up the sky

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Description: Reproduction of an ukiyo-e, or wood block print in the form of a kite-themed sugoruko. Sugorukos were popular chutes and ladders type games in Japan, and the game boards and game play often reflected fanciful themes. In this case, the game is a tour of Edo-era kite shapes and themes with the end goal to fly the kite high in the sky. Each square depicts a different kite style with accompanying text describing the kite and stage in the game.The reproduction is presented as a traditional Japanese style book, with accordion leaves. Each game square image is reproduced with a facing page containing a Romanized Japanese (Romaji) and English translation of the original text. The original print is in the collection of Scott Skinner.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [2008]
Call number: 653922
Creator: Ōga, Mantei (1819-1890)(Opens in new tab)

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Provenance

Gift of Sylvia Thompson Park, January 2022.

Dimensions

24 cm +

Associated people

Utagawa, Yoshifuji,

Tsujiokaya, Bunsuke.

Skinner, Scott.

Stuart, Gloria,

Associated organization

Marquand Editions,

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