Focus on Fan print with two bugaku dancers and explore the Uchiwa-e.
Uchiwa (団扇) are non-folding, flat, oval fans. They are still used today for cooling rice in the preparation of sushi, in dance performances, and as a cooling tool. Historically, uchiwa were a predominantly female accessory, men typically carrying folding fans known as ōgi (扇), suehiro (末広) or sensu (扇子). They are associated with summer, traditionally having been sold only during the summer months, and decorated with summer imagery. At least one modern critic argues that, due to their use by women during periods of heat, uchiwa "can have suggestive connotations."Like ōgi-e (扇絵) folding fan prints, uchiwa-e were traditionally made from washi rice paper mounted on a  wooden frame. Images were printed on paper, then cut along the margins and pasted onto a skeletal bamboo frame. As a result of their frequent handling, few pristine mounted examples remain.
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