Japanese Koya Cedar Wood Fan Small Uchiwa Zen Master Ryokan Heavenly Wind U159 cards Folding book with fabric cover

Folding book with fabric cover

Antique Japanese Buddhist Nichiren Nobori Flag

The kohai or aureola placed behind the Buddhist icon is fixed onto the wood

Fold marks

Kanji means Luofu Gesseki

Japanese Koya Cedar Wood Fan Small Uchiwa Zen Master Ryokan Heavenly Wind U159 cards Folding book with fabric coverJapanese Wooden Fan This is a Japanese wooden fan or Uchiwa. Uchiwa is a traditional fan tool typically made of wood or bamboo and paper in a flat paddle like shape. This particular fan is made of paper thin slices of cedar wood collected from Koya, a place in western Wakayama Prefecture famous for the Buddhist temples on the mountain. This fan has a copy of the famous calligraphy writing of the Buddhist Zen master Ryokan. It also has small wind gust