Japan is the real home of kite-flymg, even more so than China. There young and old', rich and poor, fly kites of every shape and size, from enormous structures as large as a fair-sized house to miniature representations of dragon-flies o;r .^.f 8 ' flown with gossamer silk wound on spindles of ivory or tortoise shell. Japanese kites are adorned with long, brilliantly-coloured paper tails, which look very quaint and picturesque as they trail in the air. The kite is symbolical of soaring ambitions, ana many other sentiments. When a child is born, little kites are sent vp by modest households to announce the arrival, while great families fly huge kites, with taila hundreds of feet in length, to celebrate a birthday. To lose a kite is considared an omen of ill-luck.
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Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 76
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