Decorated Fans
- Medium
- Color, ink, and gold on paper
- Genre
- Paintings
Styles
Tags
fansJapanese ArtEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collection
About
Folding screens mounted with scattered fans, each painted on a piece of separate paper, were popular in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and their production continued into modern times. These screens were appreciated for displaying together a variety of small paintings in an attractive arrangement to suggest the image of fans floating through the air or on water.