Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns asparagus candle — dates to sometime between

— dates to sometime between 1900-1920

I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging)

--so as to be to able to light a couple of candles wherever one goes

While quintessentially mid-century

Or perhaps a repair made along the way somewhere

Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns asparagus candle — dates to sometime betweenThis is just about the most beautiful little Japanese fan sensu that I can imagine! Constructed of what I believe is a woodblock print on paper and a bamboo structure, it is two sided, featuring a unique composition of different patterns on each side, perhaps inspired by kimono textile patterns, and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples, blues, pinks and ochres. These are punctuated with black Japanese characters, which I wish I could