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Girls flying a kite in the form of a dragon — a composition that brings Oda's characteristic celebration of female energy and joy to the traditional Japanese kite festival context while introducing the dragon (ryū) as a symbol of the power that the girls command rather than fear. In Japanese mythology, the dragon controls wind, water, and weather; controlling a dragon kite is a playful literalization of this power, the girls directing the dragon's flight through the invisible medium of the wind. Oda's composition transforms a traditional childhood activity into an emblem of young female power — the girls not simply playing but demonstrating their mastery of elemental natural forces through the medium of their kite.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Girls Kite, Dragon (11/50) was created by Mayumi Oda (小田真由美).
Girls Kite, Dragon (11/50) depicts mythology and animals.
