Hinoki Fan "Red and White Plum Blossoms", Korin Ogata, 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 is based on "Red and White Plum Blossoms" by Korin Ogata. There are also "Hanaguruma" and "Shidarezakura".

Kyoto fan, hinoki fan "weeping cherry" (Japanese fan)

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 born 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 a painter of the Edo period on a laminate of cypress,Korin Ogata's "Red and White Plum BlossomsThis original fan is made by combining the latest techniques of modern maki-e with the skills of Kyoto craftsmen.

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