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MASTER OF CREATIVE KITES & THE PROPAGATION OF KITES


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Mr.Tsutomu Hiroi is very famous for a member of the founders of Japan Kite Association and his creative modern kites. He has a long career for kite making such as an airplane kite, a cubic kite and many kinds of creative kites since 1935. He is currently a professor emeritus of Tokyo Gakugei University in Japan. He has been visiting professor of sculpture at the University of Denver, Ohio State Universityu, and California College of Arts and Crafts, and has lectured the training class of the Japanese Ministry of Education on kites. He is also an honorary director of the Saitama Prefectural Showamachi Big Kite Museum and a member of Japan's Modern Art Association as well as a member of the board of Japan Kite Association. He has been endevouring the educatin of kite making around Japan as well as in foreign countries.
His publications include Tako sorano zokei (Kites - sculpting the sky) and Tako wo tsukuru (Making kites).
His article is presented on "Daydreams of Flight" appeared in "Look Japan" March 1997, Volume 42, No.492.

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#1 Reproducted old kite
#2 Cubic kite #3 Red & Black #4 Metalic kite
#5 Rain Coat kite
#6 Space Jellyfish #7 Flying House #8 Ultra C

#9 Diamond Kite
#10 Carp Streamer Kite

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