A Tessen or Japanese iron war fan, the leaf of gold and silver suns against a black ground, with iron guardsticks silvered and gilt with dragons - 11in. (27cm.), Japanese late 19th century (leaf split at folds)

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A Tessen or Japanese iron war fan, the leaf of gold and silver suns against a black ground, with iron guardsticks silvered and gilt with dragons - 11in. (27cm.), Japanese late 19th century (leaf split at folds)
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There was no set colour for the suns on Tessen before the adoption of the red sun on a white background as a national emblem late in the 19th century. Kasal (A.U.), Fan Lore, Monumenta Japonica, University of Tokyo, Vol.4, 1951, p.89

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