Black and red lacquer Gunpai (General’s war fan) Edo period, 19th centuryThe broad paddle moun
Black and red lacquer Gunpai (General’s war fan) Edo period, 19th centuryThe broad paddle mounted on a short handle and decorated in gold and silver hiramakie with a sun and a crescent moon and the characters Tenka taihei (Universal peace), and the heraldic crests of the Tokugawa family in various sizes against a black-lacquer ground on the reverse, the handle lacquered black and decorated with additional Tokugawa crests, gilt-copper hardware carved with scrolling vines on a nanako ground. -- source link
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