Maker: Kunimitsu
Folding fan, decorated, face: with calligraphic inscription on both sides; guards a) with bird over bamboo; b) with butterfly over peony. Guards: steel with silver inlay. Sticks: buffalo horn. Face: heavy black paper, inscribed in silver with vermillion seals (un-deciphered). Signed Kunimitsu, with Kakihan.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Length: 35 cm
Width: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1800
-
Before
1900
Gunsen (war fan), used to signal in battle.
Face
composed of
paper
silver
Sticks
composed of
buffalo horn
Guards
composed of
steel
Accession number: O.60-1985
Primary reference Number: 118513
Old object number: 429
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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