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手拭い tenugui = cotton towel / banner detail

手拭い tenugui = cotton towel / banner

 

Japanese towns that participate in the kite battles and float parades of the annual hamamatsu kite festival create tenugui, cotton banners with unique designs and colors. these serve as logos to help spectators identify the various competing groups. The San Francisco public library displayed 100 of these banners. 11 years ago.

 

 

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Uploaded on July 16, 2018
Taken on February 13, 2013