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A black lacquer gunpai (General's war fan) Edo period, 19th century, Japan

A black lacquer gunpai (General's war fan) Edo period, 18th century, Japan

A fine black and red lacquer gunpai (General's war fan) Edo period, 19th century, Japan

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Gold lacquer Gunpai (General's war fan) Edo period, 19th century Uchiwa shape and decorated in red and silver lacquer against a bright kinji ground with a sun on one side and a full moon on the other, the borders banded with silver edging ending in decorative scroll flourishes and a collar, tip and base all carved with Tokugawa family crests and scrolling vines, handle lacquered black and wrapped with bamboo.

Black and red lacquer Gunpai (General's war fan) Edo period, 19th century The broad paddle mounted on a short handle and decorated in gold and silver hiramakie with a sun and a crescent moon and the characters Tenka taihei (Universal peace), and the heraldic crests of the Tokugawa family in various sizes against a black-lacquer ground on the reverse, the handle lacquered black and decorated with additional Tokugawa crests, gilt-copper hardware carved with scrolling vines on a nanako ground.