Japanese Koya Cedar Wood Fan Uchiwa Kobo Daishi Buddhist Roukoshiiki Kanji U161

Japanese Wooden Fan

This is a Japanese wooden fan or Uchiwa. Uchiwa is a traditional fan tool typically made of wood or bamboo and paper in a flat paddle-like shape. This particular fan is made of paper-thin slices of cedar wood collected from Koya, a place in western Wakayama Prefecture famous for the Buddhist temples on the mountain. This fan is a souvenir from the Koyasan Reihoukan Art Museum, a place that specializes in Heian and Kamakura period works of writing, art, etc. This kanji character on the front is an exerpt from the famous Roukoshiiki, a Buddhist text written by one of the most prominent figures in Buddhism, Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai). 

• Brown, black
• Wood (cedar)
  
• Kanji on fan: Path (The Way), Koyasan Reihoukan
• C2000
  
• Item weight: 221 grams 
• Packed weight: 500 grams
• Approx. 39.5 cm long x 21.5 cm wide
• Good condition considering age. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos. 
• Acquired in the famous Osu Antique Fair in Nagoya, Japan

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