A yokome ōgi is a cypress fan (hiōgi) used by boys fifteen years old and younger in imperial court or aristocrat ceremonies. In early modern times, they were used not only by the sons of emperors, imperial princes, and aristocrats, but also kodoneri and other attendants of child-acolytes (dōgyō). On the front side of this item one finds a pine, bamboo, and plum tree
A yokome ōgi is a cypress fan (hiōgi) used by boys fifteen years old and younger in imperial court or aristocrat ceremonies. In early modern times, they were used not only by the sons of emperors, imperial princes, and aristocrats, but also kodoneri and other attendants of child-acolytes (dōgyō). On the front side of this item one finds a pine, bamboo, and plum tree
Collector:
Heinrich von Siebold (1852 St. Martin/Boppard - 1908 Schloss Freudenstein/Bozen) DNB
Material/technology:
wood, silk, stain, gold paint
Dimensions:
Fan blade: H: 30.4 cm, W: 30.4 cm, T: 2.3 cm; Silk braid appendages: L 38 cm, W: 6 cm
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan
Geography
Ostasien/Japan
Invs.
33133
