Bat fan - Kawahoriougi

Japanese: 蝙蝠扇 - かわほりおうぎ

〘Noun〙 (From the fact that the open shape resembles the spread wings of a bat) A fan with several ribs covered in paper. Sensu (folding fan) . Kawahori. ※Koyuuki - 24th leap month of June, 4th year of the Chowa era (1015) "Today, Middle Counselor Yukinari holds _two bat _fans , which is not an _exclusive matter" [Ethology] (1) It is said that it was made based on the spread wings of a bat. (Meigoki, Kakaisho, Jinzoe Tsubosho, Kokin Enkaku Ko) It seems to have been a more informal version of the hi-ogi fan used for formal occasions.
(2) In the beginning, pictures were painted on paper that was pasted on only one side of the thin bones, and there were five-boned, seven-boned, and other varieties. During the Muromachi period, the prototype of today's folding fans, in which paper is pasted on both sides of the bones, was created, and they became ornately made with gold and silver paint. Fans with a strongly curved tip are also called suehiro.
(3) It is depicted in the Tale of Genji Illustrated Scroll from the early 12th century, and the original is kept at Itsukushima Shrine.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (開いた形がコウモリの翼をひろげた形に似ているところから) 何本かの骨に紙をはった扇。扇子(せんす)。かわほり。※小右記‐長和四年（1015）閏六月二四日「今日中納言行成持_二蝙蝠扇_一、是専不_レ然事也」[語誌](1)コウモリの広げた翼にヒントを得て作られたかという〔名語記・河海抄・塵添壒嚢抄・古今沿革考〕。威儀用の檜扇に対し、略式なものであったらしい。
(2)初めは細骨の片面にだけ紙を張った上に絵を描き、五本骨、七本骨などの種類があった。室町時代には骨の両面に紙を張る今日の扇子の祖型ができ、金銀泥絵などの華美なつくりとなった。先端を強く反らせたものを末広ともいう。
(3)一二世紀はじめの「源氏物語絵巻」に描かれており、実物は厳島神社蔵のものがある。

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