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Gun-Sen, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, of combat,...

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Gun-Sen, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, of combat, intended for the samurai, the double sheet of paper painted on one side with a red sun on a shiny black background, and on the second side, with a golden sun on a shiny black background. Steel frame (weight : 488g) H.t. 32 cm - H.f. 17,5 cm (wear, missing leaf) Read Neville John Iröns, "Fans of Imperial Japan", Kaiserreich Kunst (Hong Kong Ltd), 1981, n°2, p. 64.