Tag: fans

  • [檜扇] Hinoki Fans / Hiougi

    [檜扇] Hinoki Fans / Hiougi

    This refreshing stencil features fans made of cypress wood placed on coils of rope. I have restored the stencil into a vector so that the viewer can imagine its original appearance.

  • Medieval Japanese Fans

    Medieval Japanese Fans

    This is a gallery of medieval Japanese fans from the 14 century through the Momoyama period. Analysis and discussion to follow at a later date. Please be patient with the load time of this page, as it contains many high quality images.

    Folding Fans

    日月図軍扇
    Kyushu National Museum
    Southern and Northern Dynasties 14th century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    扇面画帖
    Tokyo National Museum
    15th – 16th Century
    京名所図扇面
    Tokyo National Museum
    Kano Soshu
    Momoyama Period
    牧童図扇面
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Kano Masunobu
    Late 15th Century
    源氏物語図扇面
    Tokyo National Museum
    Muromachi Period, 16th Century
    漁父図 扇面
    Tokyo National Museum
    Kano Motohide
    16th Century
    源氏物語図扇面
    Tokyo National Museum
    16th Century
    扇面貼交屏風
    Kyoto National Museum
    Mid Muromachi to Edo Period
    扇面貼交屏風
    Kyoto National Museum
    Mid Muromachi to Edo Period
    扇面画帖
    Nara National Museum
    Kano Eitoku
    Muromachi to Momoyama Period
    Early Christian Church in Kyoto
    Kobe City Museum
    Kano Soshu
    Late 16th Century

    Chinese Fans Admired In Period (Sougen)

    五位図
    Xia Gui
    Southern Song-Ming period/13-17th century
     Tokyo National Museum
    梅雀図
    Southern Song-Ming period/13-17th century
     Tokyo National Museum
    山水図
    Xia Gui
    Southern Song-Ming period/13-17th century
     Tokyo National Museum
    麝香 / Civet
    Mao Song
    Southern Song-Ming period/13-17th century
     Tokyo National Museum
    楼閣図
    Southern Song to Ming dynasties
     Tokyo National Museum
    山水図
    Keikan
    Southern Song to Ming dynasties
     Tokyo National Museum


    Flat Fans

    真珠付純金団扇
    Tokugawa Art Museum
    Used by Hideyoshi
    Joseon Dynasty, 16th Century
    紙本墨画王義之書扇図
    Kyoto National Museum
    Muromachi Period


    Recreations & Modern Creative Reproductions

    Kawahori \ Bat Fan Back
    Yosoku
    Kawahori \ Bat Fan Front
    Yosoku
    Kawahori \ Bat Fan
    Yosoku
    Kawahori with Decorative Bones
    皆彫骨蝙蝠扇
    Yusoku

    Extant Depictions of Fans

    Tagasode
    The Met Museum
     late 16th–early 17th century
    Tagasode
    The Met Museum
     late 16th–early 17th century