“Uchiwa” and ”Sensu”: Japanese Fans

A woman wafting an uchiwa. (© Pixta).

An uchiwa being used to start a fire. (© Pixta)

Kyō-uchiwa

A marugame-uchiwa. (Courtesy Marugame Tourist Association)

A bōshū-uchiwa. (Courtesy Minamibōsō Photo Bank)

Kyō-sensu. (© Pixta)

Nagoya-sensu with a design based on tiger art from the Honmaru Palace, Nagoya Castle. (Courtesy Suehirodō)

Edo-sensu featuring The Great Wave off Kanagawa by ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. (Courtesy Ibasen)

Rakugo performer San’yūtei Hōraku uses the sensu to represent a container of sake he drinks from during one of his stories. Taken at the Asakusa Tōyōkan theater in Tokyo. (© Jiji)

Wearing a yukata summer robe and holding a handheld electric fan. (© Pixta)