Hokusai Red Fuji Uchiwa Hand Fan

Inquiry ID : 0036

🌸 Description

This uchiwa, a Japanese non-folding hand fan, features Hokusai’s Red Fuji design. A red Mount Fuji rises against a deep blue sky with bands of white clouds, framed by the fan’s rounded silhouette.

Made in Japan from bamboo and paper, the fan measures 41 × 28 cm. Exposed ribs beneath the illustrated surface extend into a straight handle.

🌸 Features

• Hokusai Red Fuji design
• Non-folding uchiwa hand fan
• Materials: bamboo and paper
• Dimensions: 41 × 28 cm
• Made in Japan

🪭 History

Uchiwa, Japan’s non-folding hand fans, developed from fans transmitted from China and predate Japanese folding fans. The name uchiwa is documented by around the tenth century, during the Heian period. During the Edo period, improvements in papermaking and fan manufacture helped paper-covered, bamboo-ribbed uchiwa become widely used everyday objects, with production established in several regions. Fans also became a medium for printed imagery: in the late Edo period, uchiwa-e—prints intended to be mounted on fans—became fashionable, and fans decorated with ukiyo-e grew popular. In the Meiji period, uchiwa also became craft goods for export.

This bamboo-and-paper uchiwa is a Japanese non-folding hand fan featuring Hokusai’s Red Fuji design.

📦 Shipping Information

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