Hinoki Fan "Hanaguruma", Kano school, wooden stand, in paulownia box

Wooden hinoki fans were created in the early Heian period and were used at court.

We will deliver a hinoki fan made of hinoki wood as a high-class fan for decoration.
(with stand and large paulownia box)

This decorative fan is ideal as a gift or as a point of indoor decoration.

The motif of this fan is "Hanamuruma (flower carriage)" by a painter of the Kano school in the early Edo period. There are also weeping cherry blossoms and red-and-white plum blossoms.

Kyoto fan, hinoki fan "Hanaguruma

The fan was born in Kyoto.

Its history is long, dating back to the Heian period.

It is said that the first fan, the "hinoki-fan," was created from a bound together wooden letter used in place of recording paper during the Heian period, when gods were a precious commodity.

The oldest hinoki fan in Japan is said to be the one found in the arm of a statue of the thousand-armed Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) at To-ji Temple, dated to the first year of Genkei era.

This hinoki fan is an original one, which is made by combining the latest techniques of modern maki-e and Kyoto craftsmen's skills to create a "flower wheel" pattern on a thin hinoki wood panel.

We hope you will enjoy displaying it for many years to come, reminiscing about the Heian period.