Japanese Koya Cedar Wood Fan Uchiwa Round Kitayama River Rafting Kanji U162 lacquered Item Weight: 650 grams

Item Weight: 650 grams

50 cm long x 68 cm wide

also known as Utagawa Shigenobu

Abstract design with short lines and floral pattern

White with light green glaze cup

Japanese Koya Cedar Wood Fan Uchiwa Round Kitayama River Rafting Kanji U162 lacquered Item Weight: 650 gramsJapanese Wooden Fan This is a Japanese wooden fan or Uchiwa. Uchiwa is a traditional fan tool typically made of wood or bamboo and paper in a flat paddle like shape. This particular fan is made of paper thin slices of cedar wood collected from Koya, a place in western Wakayama Prefecture famous for the Buddhist temples on the mountain. This fan depicts a cut out of a man standing on a raft moving down a river. The Kitayama River has been used for