War Fan

Folding Fan

Object Number:

22371

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Japanese

Provenience:

Japan

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Plant Fiber
Iron
Wood
Paper
Silver

Technique:

Lacquered
Inlaid
Incised

Iconography:

Sun

Description:

Plain black lacquered sticks, with iron guards inlaid with silver with simple incised vine pattern. Black paper leaf with red sun disk motif.

Other Number:

[Catalogue] 1906. Catalogue of the Lucy Wharton Drexel Collection of Fans in the Free Museum of Science and Art.

[Catalogue] 1981. Echoes of the Samurai: An Exhibition of Japanese Arms and Armor.