Item #158363 Fans of Japan. Charlotte M. Salwey, William Anderson.
Fans of Japan
Fans of Japan
Fans of Japan
Fans of Japan
Fans of Japan

Fans of Japan

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1894. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt and color decorations on boards, [xix] 148 pp., 39 bw illus. in text, 10 color plates. G- (Ex-art library, with spine label, barcode, bookplate, and few marks; covers have moderate edge wear with some small tears; front hinge is loosening; rear flyleaf pastedown is marred; some tissue guards are slightly torn; pages have aged but are generally clear; color plates are vivid.). Item #158363

From the introduction: "Mrs. Sawley has rendered a service to all Japonophiles by her sympathetic and painstaking investigations of a branch of industrial art that has the claims at once of attractiveness, utility and meaning." The text includes an early history and the manufacture of fans as well as the materials employed in their making. Also included are the different types, various uses, arts applied to their making and legends concerning them. Offers lovely color plates of many kinds of fans with their many uses, including a war fan. The many illustrations are very informative and include dagger fan, a kitchen fan, roll-up, ladies' and presentation fans, and ones used by dancing girls, farmers, and umpires of polo and wrestling matches. And many more Most fascinating! Scarce.

OCLC: 305482

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