A Tessen or Japanese iron war fan, the leaf with red and silver suns against a black ground, with iron guardsticks - 12in. (31cm.), Japanese, late 19th century

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A Tessen or Japanese iron war fan, the leaf with red and silver suns against a black ground, with iron guardsticks - 12in. (31cm.), Japanese, late 19th century

拍品专文

There was no set colour for the suns on Tessen before the adoption of the red sun on the 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