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FanEd5.1499

Closing fan (c) in wooden box (a) with lid (b). Box has nine (? ) Chinese characters in black ink; lid has sixteen characters; one character at each end of box and lid. Box made of unfinished light brown wood. Fan has eight split bamboo inner ribs and two carved bamboo parent ribs. Fan face of paper has gold background with tree scene of brown, blue and green with two white birds.

Culture
Japanese
Material
plastic, paper, bamboo grass, ink, adhesive and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1498

Folding fan with thirty-nine inner ribs of split bamboo, highly perforated, and two white plastic parent ribs. Covered with silk on one side only, painted with grey wave design with two sailing boats and birds in red, with silver glitter, on white background. Silver paper around edge. Attached to silver-coloured rivet is cord of pink silk, 25cm. long (double), knotted, with tassels at end, strung with an imitation pearl.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, paper, adhesive, metal, paint and plastic
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1497

Closing fan with thirteen inner ribs of split bamboo and two varnished bamboo parent ribs. Covered on both sides with ecru-coloured paper printed on one side with scene of snow-covered mountain, green and yellow mountainside, and black trees. Inscription of nine Chinese characters in black, with two-character red seal.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, ink, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1496

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.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, lacquer, silk fibre, paint, plastic, adhesive, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1495

Folding fan with thirty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Covered with very light brown paper, painted on one side with a river scene including a boat with two figures, bamboo and trees. Two characters in black and a two character seal in red ink. Black plastic rivet.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paint, plastic, adhesive and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1494

Folding fan with thirty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Covered with very light brown paper, painted on one side with a river scene including a boat with two figures, bamboo and trees. Two Japanese characters in black and a two character seal in red ink. Black plastic rivet.

Culture
Japanese
Material
plastic, adhesive, paint, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1493

Folding fan with eleven inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Face, front and back, made of paper printed green streaked in silver on one side and painted with three ginko leaves(?) in gold on other side.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, paint, plastic, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1492

Folding fan with thirteen inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Covered on both sides with paper, one side white with shiny surface, the other two-thirds orange and one-third white, painted in silver and black with design of birds and branches. White plastic rivet.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, plastic, paint, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEd5.1491 a-b

Rectangular box (part a) of lightweight, light coloured, unfinished wood. Inside the box, there is a rectangular green card, to which is fastened, with light red silk cord, a set of miniature figures made of plant fibre, clay, wood, metal and thread, and painted in polychrome. Figures include; clay farmhouse, maple tree, pine tree, temple, pagoda, torii, fence, bridge, two boats, lantern, two chickens, two cranes, crab, human figure on raft, human figure fishing, human figure walking, human figure carrying load, and donkey with burden. The lid (part b) is stored separately.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paint, plant fibre, wood, clay and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesN2.191 a-b

Pair of snowshoes, each made of two light brown wood sticks, stripped of bark and bent into a U-shape. The two U's are bound together facing each other, the ends overlapping and forming an ellipse. The binding is composed of four strips of light yellow wood, steam-bent and knotted, one around each end of each U, and two kinds of plant fibre cord, one used as lashing across centre of ellipse and the other loosely tied around the former. Between the overlapping ends of the U's are wood wedges.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, fibre and grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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