Fans with kokeshi (wooden dolls), Gassan paper

Photo by Oyama Tatsuaki

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

Daily products are made with Gassan paper : Post cards, name cards, tanzaku (narrow strips of fancy paper for inscribing poems), and uchiwa (flat paper fans) with drawings of kokeshii (wooden dolls), another local product.

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Title: Fans with kokeshi (wooden dolls), Gassan paper
Creator: Photo by Oyama Tatsuaki
Rights: © Oyama Tatsuaki

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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