explodingrocks:Black and red lacquer Gunpai (General’s war fan) Edo period, 19th centuryThe broad pa
explodingrocks: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