Useless Tribute, Desirable Exotics: Japanese Folding Fans in China, 1000–1500

Figure 3.

Folding fan with bamboo skeleton and silk paper. 32 ×55 cm. Excavated from the tomb of Zhu Yiyin, King Yixuan of the Ming dynasty 益宣王朱翊鈏 (1537–1603). Courtesy of Wenwu Press. See Jiangxi sheng bowuguan 江西省博物館, ed., Jiangxi Mingdai fanwang mu 江西明代藩王墓 (Ming-Dynasty Prince Tombs in Jiangxi). Beijing: Wenwu Chubanshe, 2010, pl. 62.6.