asking here because google is useless: for people who have vintage or otherwise delicate folding fans, how do you store them? i bought myself a fancy fan, and i think plainly shoving them in my bag would cause some damage to it, so i'm trying to think of ways to protect it.

Japanese folding fans from Kyoto folding-fan maker Hakuchikudo - their only store in Tokyo at Haneda Garden Airport.

Kanzashi of The Month: January - 2023′s Design

On The Twelfth Day Of Fun I present... this year’s kanzashi! Thank you to everyone who’s been following along with the features this year! If I didn’t get to your ask during TTDOF then please know that I still may have it kicking around and will get to it eventually. For now, let’s look at what 2023′s bringing us!

Image courtesy of Shigemori.  Sensu (扇子) - Folding Fans Matsu (松) - Pine Kangiku (寒菊) - Winter Chrysanthemum This year’s kanzashi has a nice, classic look to it with shiny folding fans accented with bright green pine! It’s cute to notice that the plum blossoms on the middle of the fans cover each color that plum blossoms bloom in (white, pink, and red) and don’t repeat. The pine makes a very bold and masculine statement to balance out the very feminine folding fans and plum blossoms, giving it a yin yang feel. As usual, we have kangiku acting as a base, with pink and white being used for senior maiko, like Fukusono above. 

Image courtesy of Kazurasei.  2023 just happens to be the Year of The Rabbit in the Asian zodiac! Known for being the luckiest of the twelve animals, rabbits are also blessed with intellect and charm. In Japanese mythology it is said that a rabbit resides on the moon pounding mochi (rice cakes). There’s an interesting story of how the rabbit got on the moon in the first place: One day the king of the gods came through the forest disguised as a beggar. Various animals all came to offer the beggar something to eat, but the rabbit could only provide grass. In an act of self sacrifice, the rabbit threw itself onto a fire to cook itself for the beggar. The king, recognizing the rabbit’s sacrifice, placed the rabbit on the moon for all to see and thus the rabbit now lives on the moon ^^

Crustacean-derived decorative fans.

Midjourney 5.2

Girl Playing a Violin, fan print, uncredited artist (source) Dimensions: 9" x 9 7/8"

Description from source page: Interesting fan print of a girl standing in a garden playing a violin. She wears a blue kimono tucked into pants [hakama] bordered with irises, and red stockings and leather shoes. Inside the house at right, another girl plays the piano. A pine tree frames a view of a full moon above. A charming and unusual subject, nicely detailed with silver mica on the moon, the kimono, and the pants.

Additional details (mine): The short length of the split-skirt-like hakama pants is highly unusual, as well as the red stockings and shoes, both of which are Western in style. These details are are reminiscent of traditional Dutch art, which the Japanese would have had some long-standing familiarity with, as the Dutch were the only Westerners allowed to trade with Japan during the centuries Japan was closed off to the outside world. Katsushika Hokusai, when designing his famous woodblock print "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" in 1831 during Japan's closed-off years, was emulating imported prints of landscapes by Dutch Masters when he placed the horizon low, close to the bottom edge of the image.

During the Meiji Period Japan continued to be fascinated by the outside world and imported many aspects of Western culture, and Japanese fashions of the Meiji period were an eclectic mishmash of traditional Japanese clothing and the latest in Western attire. In this print, intended for a hand fan screen, the girl in the foreground wears a daring, haute couture take on Japanese fashions influenced by Western clothing of the day, and her hair is down but tied with ribbons, a hairstyle imported from the West and popular for teenage girls during the Era. The high hem of the hakama pants is visually reminiscent of the shorter skirts young girls wore in the West before they were old enough to be considered young women, and considering the popularity of Western fashions and ideas among the Japanese during this time period this is unlikely to be coincidence. All of this points to the girl in the foreground being of a young age, in the 12-16 age range.

Conversely, the woman in the background is dressed more conservatively in a traditional kimono and obi sash, and her hair is done up in an old-fashioned, elaborate bun. This indicates that the background woman is older in age, perhaps the girl's older sister, and is likely in the 17-27 age range, unmarried but of marriageable age and considered an adult.

My Neighbour Totoro Folding Fan ~ Summer Night-Time

got bugs on my brain recently

Mini Fan: There is AC and cooler in the house, but what about outside? Carry this cool wind jugaad in your pocket!

02 This portable fan runs on USB charge. It can be charged from solar charger, power bank, car charger, socket or laptop. Once charged, it lasts for a long time. (Image- Amazon) #Mini #Fan #cooler #house #Carry #cool #wind #jugaad #pocket

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some misc doodles

Lots of fun with this guy's redesign

joseon king x scheming advisor.....

So there's this AU on twitter called the Inanimate Sweets AU where you turn II characters into dessert/candy/sweets and...

I decided to join in with my designs :]

Bwienne

Babygirl

TADA! Fanart for @pillowspace's Celestial Sundown fic!! I'm super duper happy with this-- as I ought to be, with the time it took 😤hehehe!

Leave it to Pillow to pull me back into sun & moon with their phenomenal work! C: It's right up my alley and I look forward to seeing what happens!

just realized i forgot to make a page for sleight on my artfight, so i decided to update his ref while im at it