Japanese Sensu Hand Fan with Hokusai's "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" hand-painted vase The individual kernels are glazed

The individual kernels are glazed a bright white with yellowy brown details

There are a couple of small splits in the wood on the top of the box

and an additional 8 larger and 4 smaller nails around the perimeter at the bottom

to which protective pads were since added

as if from an Xacto knife

Japanese Sensu Hand Fan with Hokusai's "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" hand-painted vase The individual kernels are glazedThis is a stunning vintage or antique (I am just not sure of the age, though it definitely has some years to it) sensu folding hand fan beautifully printed with an image of Katsushika Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," a ukiyo e print first published sometime between 1826 and 1833 and one of the most famous works of Japanese art. The colors on this fan are very lush and the paper quite heavy; this is definitely a fan worthy of framing and