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Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box
Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box

Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box

Located in Chicago, IL

This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. Precious in the hand, the

Category

20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Fans
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Fans

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Fans

Located in Hudson, NY

Old Fans mounted on a two panel screen of Gold Clouds. Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold

Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Printed 1980s
Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Printed 1980s

Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Printed 1980s

Located in Paris, FR

This is a fan which was made in Japan around 1980s in Showa era. This is made with a paper and

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Leaves Design 1980s
Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Leaves Design 1980s

Japanese Bamboo and Paper Fan Leaves Design 1980s

Located in Paris, FR

This is a fan which was made in Japan around 1980s in Showa era. This is made with a paper and

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Paper

Fine quality unusual antique Japanese imari fan shaped plate
Fine quality unusual antique Japanese imari fan shaped plate

Fine quality unusual antique Japanese imari fan shaped plate

Located in Ipswich, GB

Fine quality unusual antique Japanese imari fan shaped plate, having a fine quality unusual fan

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans
Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans

Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans

Located in Norton, MA

Antique 19th century Framed Japanese Silk Fans comprising two attractively framed Japanese silk

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Prints

Materials

Silk, Wood

“Fanning the Fire” Japanese Tetsubin Kettle, c. 1924
“Fanning the Fire” Japanese Tetsubin Kettle, c. 1924

“Fanning the Fire” Japanese Tetsubin Kettle, c. 1924

Located in Chicago, IL

Decorated with a raised fan motif, this aptly named teapot was used to boil water for traditional

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif

Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif Han-juban are short, waist length garments

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tribal Art

Materials

Cotton

Vintage Japanese Bamboo and Paper ''Uchiwa'' Fan, 20th Century
Vintage Japanese Bamboo and Paper ''Uchiwa'' Fan, 20th Century

Vintage Japanese Bamboo and Paper ''Uchiwa'' Fan, 20th Century

Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP

A rare example of a traditional Japanese uchiwa fan, featuring a bold green and cream graphic

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a dancer with fan
A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a dancer with fan

A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a dancer with fan

Located in Milano, IT

A Japanese okimono bronze (sculpture) depicting a dancer holding a fan, inspired by the Nihon Buyō

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Paper Fan Akabeko and Kanzashi printed 1980s Showa
Japanese Paper Fan Akabeko and Kanzashi printed 1980s Showa

Japanese Paper Fan Akabeko and Kanzashi printed 1980s Showa

Located in Paris, FR

This is a fan which was made in Japan around 1980s in Showa era. This material is Paper and wood

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Cotton, Wood, Paper

Japanese Red Bamboo and Paper Fan with Gold Reversible 1990s
Japanese Red Bamboo and Paper Fan with Gold Reversible 1990s

Japanese Red Bamboo and Paper Fan with Gold Reversible 1990s

Located in Paris, FR

This is a Japanese fan with gold and red and made with a paper and bamboos. Both side has same

Category

1990s Japanese Showa Decorative Art

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Japanese Paper Fan with Bamboo and Family Crest Odamokko 1990s
Japanese Paper Fan with Bamboo and Family Crest Odamokko 1990s

Japanese Paper Fan with Bamboo and Family Crest Odamokko 1990s

Located in Paris, FR

This is a paper fan with bamboo which was made in Japan around 1990s. In the middle, there is a

Category

1990s Japanese Showa Decorative Art

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Large Antique 18 inch Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger with Fans
Large Antique 18 inch Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger with Fans

Large Antique 18 inch Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger with Fans

Located in Long Island City, NY

An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper plate. The interior of the plate is

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print Dancer Figure with Fan 'Mai Ogi'
Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print Dancer Figure with Fan 'Mai Ogi'

Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print Dancer Figure with Fan 'Mai Ogi'

By Kaoru Kawano

Located in Studio City, CA

. Would make for a great addition to any Japanese art and print collection or stand-out accent work in

Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deco Landscape with River Fans
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deco Landscape with River Fans

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deco Landscape with River Fans

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese two-panel screen, deco landscape with river fans. Modern scene of a 12th century festival

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf

Located in Hudson, NY

Mineral pigments on gold leaf with brocade border. Calligraphy and sketching on back paper.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Design Plate with Tokugawa Mon by Goto
Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Design Plate with Tokugawa Mon by Goto

Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Design Plate with Tokugawa Mon by Goto

Located in Long Island City, NY

A refined Japanese cloisonne enamel plate by Goto Seizaburo, one of the most distinctive enamel

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Large Meiji Imari Charger with Famille Noir Fan Motifs, Japan, 19th Century
Large Meiji Imari Charger with Famille Noir Fan Motifs, Japan, 19th Century

Large Meiji Imari Charger with Famille Noir Fan Motifs, Japan, 19th Century

Located in Bad Säckingen, DE

This magnificent large Japanese charger dates to the Meiji period (1868–1912) and is a striking

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

18th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen Collection of Fans on Gold
18th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen Collection of Fans on Gold

18th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen Collection of Fans on Gold

Located in Hudson, NY

18th century Japanese Screen of a Collection of Fans. Paintings on fans depict famous Japanese

Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Taisho Golden Fan Screen
Taisho Golden Fan Screen

Taisho Golden Fan Screen

Located in Fukuoka, JP

exquisite two-panel Taisho screen adorned in gold, depicting fans adorned with various traditional Japanese

Category

20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dancing Fans of the Seasons
Dancing Fans of the Seasons

Dancing Fans of the Seasons

Located in Fukuoka, JP

In Japanese art, folding fans (ōgi) are symbols of prosperity and the unfolding path of life, as

Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Fans

Japanese Fans

Located in Staten Island, NY

“Japanese Fans” from the delicately detailed Works on Paper Series by American artist Barbara Clark

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

18th Century Japanese Fan
18th Century Japanese Fan

18th Century Japanese Fan

Unavailable|$1,500

18th Century Japanese Fan

Located in New York, NY

18th century Japanese Fan shaped fabric fragment

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Textiles

Materials

Silk

Japanese Silk Fan, Meiji Era Japan
Japanese Silk Fan, Meiji Era Japan

Japanese Silk Fan, Meiji Era Japan

Located in Saverne, Grand Est

Precious silk fan painted with ink and embroidered, decorated with cranes in a lake landscape. The

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bone, Silk

Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Fans
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Fans

Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Fans

Located in New York, NY

A late 18th-early 19th century two panel screen with scattered fans. This screen has an interesting

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Pair of Large Japanese Lacquer Fan Trays
Pair of Large Japanese Lacquer Fan Trays

Pair of Large Japanese Lacquer Fan Trays

Located in New York, NY

A pair of lacquer trays, with stands. Scattered design on black lacquer background. Gold at edges. Stands included.

Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Japanese Dark Green Ceramic Oribe Ware Fan Plate, 1950s
Japanese Dark Green Ceramic Oribe Ware Fan Plate, 1950s

Japanese Dark Green Ceramic Oribe Ware Fan Plate, 1950s

Located in Paris, FR

This beautiful Oribe confectionary plate belonged to an antique collector in Owari, Japan (1904

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Fan Design Woodcut Prints, circa 1930, Set of Nine
Japanese Fan Design Woodcut Prints, circa 1930, Set of Nine

Japanese Fan Design Woodcut Prints, circa 1930, Set of Nine

By Yamaoka Chinpei

Located in New York, NY

, possibly by Yamaoka Chinpei. Printed in Japan, circa 1930. Each fan size is 9 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches.

Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Prints

Materials

Paper

Pair of Japanese Imari  Plates Adorned with Fans and Dragons
Pair of Japanese Imari  Plates Adorned with Fans and Dragons

Pair of Japanese Imari Plates Adorned with Fans and Dragons

Located in Antwerp, BE

A pair of circa 1890 Japanese plates painted with brown fans with dragons and cherry trees in

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Late 17th Century Genroku Period Japanese Imari Porcelain Fan-Shaped Dish
Late 17th Century Genroku Period Japanese Imari Porcelain Fan-Shaped Dish

Late 17th Century Genroku Period Japanese Imari Porcelain Fan-Shaped Dish

Located in Paris, FR

The Imari porcelain fan-shaped porcelain dish decorated with underglaze blue and overglaze red

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

Six-Panel Screen, Scattered Fans
Six-Panel Screen, Scattered Fans

Six-Panel Screen, Scattered Fans

Located in New York, NY

Small six-panel screen; mineral colors, gold wash, and gold flakes on silk Scattered fans

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants
Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants

Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants

Located in New York, NY

takamaki-e embellished with gold hirame and nashiji depicting open, half-open, and closed fans and a

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Gold Lacquer Tebako Box with Fan and Chrysanthemum
Gold Lacquer Tebako Box with Fan and Chrysanthemum

Gold Lacquer Tebako Box with Fan and Chrysanthemum

Located in New York, NY

Tebako box with takamakie décor of a fan on dense nashiji ground, the fan with chrysanthemum, wave

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Otafuku Ikat Textile of Masks and Fans
Antique Otafuku Ikat Textile of Masks and Fans

Antique Otafuku Ikat Textile of Masks and Fans

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Antique Otafuku IKAT Textile of Masks and Fans Antique IKAT 4 Panel Futon Cover of Otafuku Masks

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Two-Panel Screen, Scattered Fan with Seasonal Flowers
Two-Panel Screen, Scattered Fan with Seasonal Flowers

Two-Panel Screen, Scattered Fan with Seasonal Flowers

By Tosa School

Located in New York, NY

. Design of scattered fans, decorated with flowers associated to the different seasons.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Lacquered Fan-Shaped Kobako 'Box'
Japanese Lacquered Fan-Shaped Kobako 'Box'

Japanese Lacquered Fan-Shaped Kobako 'Box'

Located in PARIS, FR

Fan-shaped kobako, decorated with clouds and wisterias in gold lacquer and kirigane on a silver

Category

Antique 1860s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Fine Hand Cast Fan Art Tea Pot Chagama Immediately Usable
Japanese Fine Hand Cast Fan Art Tea Pot Chagama Immediately Usable

Japanese Fine Hand Cast Fan Art Tea Pot Chagama Immediately Usable

Located in South Burlington, VT

From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels. Here's a finely cast Japanese traditional iron

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Copper, Iron

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Japanese Fan Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of Japanese fan art on 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, wood and metal, every piece of Japanese fan art was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of Japanese fan art, we have 41 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of Japanese fan art — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right object in our assortment of Japanese fan art, those designed in Modern, Mid-Century Modern and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Ito Shinsui each produced at least one beautiful option in this array of Japanese fan art that is worth considering.

How Much is a Japanese Fan Art?

A piece of Japanese fan art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,052, while the lowest priced sells for $120 and the highest can go for as much as $42,000.
Questions About Japanese Fan Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A folding fan from Japan is called a “sensu” or “o-gi” while a non-folding fan is called an “uchiwa.” Both styles of hand fans were used as a material to write and communicate through as well as showcase social status. Browse a selection of authentic Japanese fans on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    There are three types of Japanese fans. The uchiwa is a fixed fan that is used practically to create a breeze and stay cool. The sensu or ogi fan is a folding fan that is a fashion accessory as well as cooling the user. The gunsen fan is a war fan that was used during war times for signaling and also occasionally as a weapon. Shop an array of authentic Japanese fans on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    There are a variety of different types of Japanese art. One of the oldest and most admired forms of Japanese art is the art of calligraphy, which originated in the sixth or seventh century. Another type of art, ukiyo-e, is the art of the woodblock print, which depicts scenes of female beauties; kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers and more. You’ll find a variety of Japanese artwork from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    The focus of Japanese art varies. Many traditional Japanese artists sought to capture the beauty of nature in their works. However, other Japanese artists have produced work with Buddhist themes, and contemporary artists working in the country have been inspired by a range of subjects, from socioeconomic and political issues to pop culture. On 1stDibs, explore a large selection of Japanese art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The writing on Japanese art is calligraphy art called shodo. It uses Japanese kanji and kana characters. There are a variety of different shodo styles of art, including Kaisho, which is the basic, foundational form of the art. On 1stDibs, find a range of Japanese calligraphy art from top sellers..
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
    What the Japanese sea art is called depends on its type. Many examples of sea art from Japan are called ukiyo-e. This term refers to woodblock prints made during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai is arguably the most famous ukiyo-e print depicting the sea. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of Japanese woodblock prints.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
    To tell if art is Japanese or Chinese, study the piece's characteristics. With paintings, Chinese artists often use more color and tend to fill their entire canvases, while Japanese artists often include more negative space and choose subtler colors. There are also differences between the brushstrokes typical of traditional Chinese and Japanese art. In Japanese paintings, brushstrokes are often short and sharp. On the other hand, Chinese paintings often display longer, more fluid brushstrokes. Learning about the defining features of various art forms and periods and looking at examples of pieces made by Japanese and Chinese artists can help you learn to spot subtle differences. Explore a diverse assortment of Japanese and Chinese art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Many art styles originated in Japan and grew in popularity over the years. Some of the most popular styles include shodo (calligraphy), ikebana, kanou and yamato-e. You’ll find a wide variety of authentic Japanese art from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    What Japanese wall art is called depends on its type. There are numerous kinds of Japanese paintings and prints, including nihonga and ukiyo-e. A Japanese wall scroll is known as a kakejiku or kakemono. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Japanese wall art.