Fan

Summer fan, round or folding, can be carried throughout the summer by both men and women. The folding fan is seen more often at the theatre or on the street as it can easily be tucked into the kimono or obi.

Folding fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two parent ribs of bamboo. Fan covered on both sides with white paper, one side unpainted, the other painted in black, grey, and light blue/green with scene of rocks, trees, and a man. Some areas sprinkled with mica. On left is inscription of eleven characters in black and two seals in red.