Fan Item Number: Ed5.1496 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Folding fan with thirty-eight inner ribs of split bamboo and two perforated orange lacquered parent ribs. Covered with silver coloured paper on both sides, painted with design of flowers and leaves in light and dark red, yellow, black and white. Through white plastic rivet is strung a cord of pink silk 9 cm. Long (doubled), knotted, strung with transparent plastic bead.
Summer fan, round or folding, can be carried throughout the summer by both men and women. The folding fan is seen more often at the theatre or on the street as it can easily be tucked into the kimono or obi.