Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter and found it such a

and found it such a lovely and surprising thing

just so elegant and lovely

but I find this battered vintage X-ACTO knife box

Each plate is stamped on the bottom

Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter and found it such aThis is just about the most beautiful little Japanese fan sensu that I can imagine! Constructed of what I believe is a woodblock print on paper and a bamboo structure, it is two sided, featuring a unique composition of different patterns on each side, perhaps inspired by kimono textile patterns, and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples, blues, pinks and ochres. These are punctuated with black Japanese characters, which I wish I could