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Sensu

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A named folding paper fan of Japanese court and later dress. Not a tessen, not a lei hulu, and not a generic souvenir fan.

  • Sensu is historically related to Bamboo.

    Chamberlain’s Fans article seats the folding fan (ōgi / sensu) of bamboo sticks and paper or silk — folding-fan craft, not the rigid uchiwa and not a war-fan tessen.

    from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)

    historically related to · sourced · documented

sources

  • Things Japanese · Basil Hall Chamberlain

    Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese (5th ed. 1905).