picture on a kite; kite design
Refers to the illustration or pattern painted or printed on a traditional Japanese kite (凧).
This kite design imitates an Edo-period ukiyo-e print.
Compound of 凧 (tako, 'kite') and 絵 (e, 'picture'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term straightforwardly describes the artwork on a kite.