Japanese fan

Pleated hand breeze

A Japanese fan is a handheld device for cooling, traditionally made of paper mounted on bamboo ribs.

The two main types are the folding fan (sensu), which collapses for storage, and the rigid paddle fan (uchiwa).

Japanese fans serve practical, ceremonial, and decorative purposes—used in traditional dance, tea ceremony, and as gifts.

She collected antique Japanese fans.

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bamboo · breeze · cooling off · kabuki · fan dance · kimono · dance · elegant · waving · cool · summer · summer heat · festival · hand · silk · hand painted · painted · cherry blossom

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Opposites
mechanism of air movement

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Motor-driven air mover

heater · ceiling fan · air conditioner · desk fan · furnace

temperature effect

Japanese fanheater

Device producing warmth

portable heater · hand warmer · space heater · radiator · heat lamp

cultural origin

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Pleated handheld air mover

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Family

Japan, Japanese, fans, fanned, fanning

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G