SHOP OWNER and CREATOR: Tsunayoshi Tokugawa
The Devil Wears a Kimono: Edo Fall Shopping Spree
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 Tsu's Fan Shop
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The best fans in all Edo!
SHOP OWNER and CREATOR: Tsunayoshi Tokugawa
About me and my shop:
This shop was started by my grandfather, Daichi Tokugawa. It was originally a small stall when grandfather opened for business. He and grandmother made enough to get by and raised a family. My father, Sadao Tokugawa took over the business and in five years was able to purchase the present location. He hired more craftsmen and expanded the business to be the finest in Edo. Father is still here and I am in the process of taking over the business. Our fans are the best in Edo and the surrounding area. Because of our excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail you cannot fine a better fan anywhere! About our fans: There are four major types of fans: fixed, cockade, brisé (French for “breeze”), and folding. The earliest form—the fixed, or rigid—is composed of a leaf, panel, screen, or cluster of feathers attached to a handle. Large ones on tall poles are ceremonial, and small ones are hand-screens for personal use. A cockade fan also has a handle, the upper end of which forms the pivot of a flexible circular fan. The brisé has a rivet at one end from which extend flat blades, or sticks, held in place along an arc by a ribbon or string. A brisé cockade forms a full circle. The folding fan combines elements of the brisé and the cockade, having riveted sticks with a pliable leaf covering the expandable upper portion. Vellum, paper, lace, gauze, net, silk, and satin are the most common leaf materials, while sticks are usually made of wood, ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, abalone, papier-mâché, or various metals. In classical Japanese fan making, black ink and watercolors were used on tissue-thin silk or washi (Japanese paper). Often the artist used only black ink, achieving a sense of color in the gradations from deep, luminous black to silvery gray. Japanese fans were painted in India ink and colour on paper, card, and silk, the ground often sprinkled with gold dust or laid with gold or silver leaf. Spread freely across the mount, a calligraphic design depicted seasonal landscapes, genre scenes, and bird, flower, and animal motifs, with accompanying poems and commentaries. Leading Oriental painters produced much of their finest work in this form.
We have old used fans and new fans, give it a look and buy one.
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So Lovely (* Elgiva Godwinson, Feb 19, 2008 - 02:21 ) A Shop worth Visiting (* Aimi Murasaka, Mar 30, 2007 - 22:52 ) So Many to Choose From (* MacMorna Niafer, Oct 25, 2006 - 09:09 ) Sooo pretty.... (* Elenia Servilius, Oct 24, 2006 - 21:08 ) I too am breathless. (* ApilIshtar Etana, Oct 24, 2006 - 20:37 ) Your shop takes my breath away! (* Jia Li Shen Chi, Oct 24, 2006 - 18:34 ) Sugoi! What beautiful fans! (* Shibori Murasaka, Oct 24, 2006 - 18:18 ) I picked the geisha face fan (* MerytMaihes Osorkon, Oct 24, 2006 - 17:26 ) Wave or Crane? (* Feiyan Zhou, Oct 24, 2006 - 15:14 ) Passing by before dinner... (* Shanti Ashoka, Oct 24, 2006 - 14:24 ) These fans are gorgeous! (* Fei Xue Qin, Oct 24, 2006 - 14:09 ) I'll arm-wrestle you for it, Seme (* Julilla Sempronius, Oct 24, 2006 - 12:26 ) Two hours... (* Sementawy Horemheb, Oct 24, 2006 - 12:06 ) Beautiful fans! (* Rachana Khan, Oct 24, 2006 - 12:06 ) Maiougi haiku (* Senex Caecilius, Oct 24, 2006 - 11:34 ) What lovely fans! (* Jia Li Shen Chi, Oct 24, 2006 - 11:32 ) I have (* Persia Xerxes, Oct 24, 2006 - 11:29 ) GORGEOUS! (* Heraklia Aelius, Oct 24, 2006 - 11:26 ) Beautiful! (* Golden Mnesicles, Oct 24, 2006 - 10:44 )|
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