Large Japanese Fan 'Ogi'
Large folding fan with a plain leaf in white, black or gold on dark lacquered bamboo ribs, the size used for dance.
Large Japanese Fan 'Ogi'
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The short answer
Large folding fan with a plain leaf in white, black or gold, edged in a dark line, on dark lacquered split-bamboo ribs riveted at the pivot. Opens to a wide half-circle. One size.
Fabric & care
The composition is stated in the description and printed on the inner label. Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Hang to dry. Iron on low, inside out over prints or embroidery.
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What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We name every garment for what it is: a kimono jacket is not a haori, an unlined kimono is not a yukata.
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About this piece
Large folding fan in plain white, black or gold on dark ribs, sized for dance
Bigger than the others, and plain. This folding fan opens to a wide half-circle in one colour, white, black or gold, edged in a dark line along the top, on ribs of bamboo lacquered dark, with a rivet at the pivot. There is no image; the fan is the colour and the sweep.
It is the largest fan in the collection and the one used for dance, where the size is the point: it reads from the back of a room. Held still it is a plain object; moved, it is the whole gesture.
The name, Ogi, is simply the folding fan, the old word for it, and this one is the fan in its plainest and largest form.
The ribs are split bamboo lacquered dark, heavier than on a small fan, riveted at the pivot with a metal pin, and the leaf is glued to them along their length. The guards are broad, so the fan closes into a solid bar and opens with a snap that can be heard.
Carry it closed, which is a bar the length of a forearm, and open it with a wrist. It is the fan for a dance costume, a kimono at a performance, or a wall, opened flat and hung; it is too large to disappear into an obi.
The dark line along the edge of the leaf is what separates it from a paper fan for a shop counter: it frames the sweep. The white version reads as light, the black as absence, and the gold as a wall of it; the ribs are the same dark lacquer on all three.
The three colours are three uses: the white for a dance and a summer, the black for a formal kimono and a stage, the gold for a wall or a photograph. The dark ribs suit all three.
Every fan in the collection is photographed open on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare with each other: the large fan is large, the others are the size of a hand and a half. The photograph shows the printed face; the reverse is plain.
Keep it dry; a wet leaf marks and a wet rib warps. Open it fully before you fold it, so the pleats find their creases, and store it closed. It does not need anything else.
From across a room it is a half-circle of one colour on dark ribs. From close the leaf shows its pleats, the edge its line, and the ribs their lacquer. It is the fan for a dance, a stage or a wall.
Questions about the japanese fan
What is the difference between a sensu and an uchiwa?
A sensu folds: ribs of bamboo with a leaf glued over them, carried closed and opened with a wrist. An uchiwa is flat and round on a handle and does not fold; it moves more air and lives by the door in summer.
Is the image painted or printed?
Printed. It is crisp to the edge of every fold and it does not flake. The plain uchiwa and the carved wooden fan carry no image at all.
What are they made of?
Split bamboo ribs with a printed paper or cloth leaf; the large fan has lacquered ribs; the openwork fan is carved wood with no leaf; the uchiwa is paper on a bamboo frame. The fabric line on each page says which.
Are they made in Japan?
No. They are a Japanese design, made in Asia. We say so on every page.
How big are they?
The folding fans are the size of a hand and a half when open, and the length of a hand when closed; the large plain fan opens to about twice that. Every fan is photographed at the same scale, so the pages compare.
How do I look after it?
Keep it dry, open it fully before you close it so the pleats find their creases, and store it closed. Keep the wooden fan out of direct sun.
What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We say so on every page, because the alternative is selling you a word instead of a garment.
On the record
| Piece | Large Japanese Fan 'Ogi' |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 小物Accessories |
| Collection | Japanese Fan |
| Fabric | Paper leaf, lacquered bamboo ribs |
| Made | Japanese design, made in Asia |
| Reference | YONA-0913 |
