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Flat bamboo fan covered with paper Part of bamboo frame is exposed. Bamboo handle with string loop at the bottom. Green thread is interlaced through bamboo spokes and dangles at each end. Front: Printed design of blue and lavender iris with leaves of…

Flat bamboo paper-covered fan with bamboo handle Front: Summer scene of thatch roofed farmhouse and outbuildings with bridge over inlet lake with ducks boat by shore. Much greenery including bamboo. Black kanji signatureand red hanko (stamp) on right…

Flat bamboo paper-covered fan with scrolled black wooden handle with gold string tied at the bottom with red silk tassle. Front: Kimono clad woman holding parasol standing in front of iris garden with circular inset scene behind her. Off white…

Paper fan with thin bamboo handle Front: Colorful autumn scene of "maiko" (apprentice geisha) looking toward Kiyomizu Temple (Kyotot) with fall leaves in middle ground. Leaves are orange and yellow. Maiko's kimono is blue with yellow leaves. Her obi…

Flat paper fan with thin bamboo handle Front: Print design of woman in perriot costume showing head and neck ruffles. She wears a blue and orange checkered hat with blue band and bow on the right side with orange pompom on a string. Neck ruffles are…

Flat paper fan with bamboo handle Front: Pink hibiscus with dark green buds and leaves. Pink bush clover with lighter green leaves and grasses. Brown and black insect on bush clover leaves. Black kanji signature with red hanko (name stamp). Light…

Red satin embroidered hanging. Background is red satin with satin stitch embroidered flowers done in stylized design. Pink coral red maroon and white. Red silk knotted fringe along bottom with 41 tassles. The backing is of cotton fabric doubled over…

Allegorical Silk Brocade Weaving of Nikko. Show 6 waterfalls near top (one is the famous Kegon Falls). Below is Toshogu Shrine which is the mausoleum of the Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu. It is set on a mountainsidewith tall everygreen trees and maples.…

Square of red silk on a paper backing. Four hand painted five-toed dragons outlined in black with silver detailing on the diagonal. Around the dragons are cloud patterns in black and silver and fire symbols in gold outlines possibly representing the…