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This is a wooden war fan. It is black with a white, red and gold illustration of a tiger and a dragon on one side and has gold-colored ideograms on a black background on the other side. This war fan has two decorative orange tassels.
Vtg Japanese War Fan Gunbai
This item is a wooden war fan. It is black with a white, red and gold illustration of a tiger under the moon and a dragon under the sun on one side and has gold-colored ideograms on a black background on the other side. This war fan has two decorative orange tassels. This item would make a fabulous display on a shelf or wall.
Japanese war fans, also called gunbai, once used on the battlefields by Japanese warlords, are nowadays used by referees in sumo wrestling.
This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya
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