Heizo Itoh’s Hamamatsu kite gallery names the maker, neighborhood, and festival alongside each colorful design. Its linked directory gives other Japanese kite artists their own specialties instead of filing them all under ‘crafts.’ A modest personal webpage became a map of people and traditions, not just a pile of pretty pictures.
Original gallery: https://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ea8a-tkkw/ito.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-a-1999-japanese-kite-gallery-kept-masters-by-name/
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Original gallery: https://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ea8a-tkkw/ito.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-a-1999-japanese-kite-gallery-kept-masters-by-name/
#ancientweb #kitecraft #japaneseculture #folkart
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