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Fan (uchiwa)

Non folding fan in polychrome and gold painted paper and bamboo sticks with a cedar wood handle with a brown cord tie. The image is of a woman engulfed in the fabrics of her attire and surrounded by a dispersion of cherry blossoms.

ID Oggetto 593
Tipologia Gifts
Paese Japan
Materiale Paper; cedar wood; cord; polychrome and gold paint
Dimensioni L 39 cm × H 27 cm
Iscrizioni The fan came in a folder with a printed page in Japanese and English which describes the history of the "Miyako Uchiwa" fan (see notes)
Collocazione 4a
Luogo Palazzo Coppini, Firenze

Note

"Uchiwa was introduced from China into Japan. The present type of uchiwa, which is made of a rounded paper and bamboo, was created during the Muromachi period (1338-1573). For making various types of it, we made the round paper and cedar handler separately. In fact, this technique originally entered from Korea...."
The description continues and it is signed my KATOH Terukuni - Koshigaya-City, Saitama - Japan

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