Samurai Fan / Tessen Japan

  
Rare and beautiful antique samurai fan from Japan. Materials: bamboo, Japanese paper, red lacquer, black lacquer, and gold leaf (ginpaku and kinpaku). Collector’s fan for decoration or for attachment to armor. It has two different sides and is in fairly good condition; see photos. A few small losses to the paper or lacquer, but very few. With a kamon, the famous samurai family emblem. Size approximately 54 × 33 cm.