Vintage Japanese Paper Sensu Folding Fan Shunga and serves a central role

and serves a central role in chanoyu (茶の湯)

Name: 卯花墻写 (U-no-hana-gaki utsushi)

Across his chest is strapped a circular drum

Warm natural patina and age character consistent with early 20th-century craftsmanship

Executed in dark shakudō or iron alloy

Vintage Japanese Paper Sensu Folding Fan Shunga and serves a central roleThis is a vintage Japanese Sensu or folding fan (c. mid to late Showa Period). They are usually made of paper or silk and bamboo or plastic and very often hand painted. Having been mainly in storage for many decades, this remains in overall good condition. These sensu tend to measures from about 8" to 10" long.