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Keisuke Serizawa 1895-1984 (living national treasure)

fan with picture designed by beloved artisan Keisuke Serizawa who was authorized
as a living national treasure in 1956.

Keisuke Serizawa learned a lot about the method of BINGATA and stencil hand-dying in Okinawa. Afterwards, he perfected the real essence of designing stencil patterns. There are no cut corners or poor quality in his works. Though he always strove for the best work, he nevertheless hated extremely exaggerated work. He put emphasis on the ordinary. This is the greatest characteristic in his view of beauty and is the reason why he was one of the great leaders of the Mingei movement. Keisuke Serizawa died in 1984. These fans were made at the Serizawa Institute about 40 years ago when he was still active in his work.　 We got a lot of these pictures for fan from him directly.　Recently, there are very few mingei shops that deal with his fans. Every fan will make you understand and enjoy his world of beauty.　These fans are very rare and will be getting extinct soon.

US-1 tomoe 30×42ｃｍ \6980 only a few left	US-2 leaves and water 30×42ｃｍ \6980 only a few left	US-3 flower checkered pattern 30×42ｃｍ \6980 only a few left

US-25 kariyasu (not available) 30×42cm BUS-1 bamboo fan stand W29×D6×H18cm 3,960yen PBS-1 pig smudge pot sold out W14×D14×H15cm yen GC-1 blown glass tumbler sold out W9×H8cm DC-1 linen coaste 　rsold out W11×11cm yen BB-1 bamboo bench (folding legs is possible) W91×D36×H36cm 55.000yen

Motoguro fan

Motoguro fan is very durable. The bamboo stems are tied with strong cotton strings and the fan is varnished for waterproof. Here's a funny old story. This area has had a water shortage from ancient time. A peasant used for stopping a creek's flow to draw water into his rice field when no one was not around him. If someone came, he pulled it out from water. Then he said " How are you doing? It's very hot"while he was fanning with it. And he stuck it into water again when someone gone.

UM-1　brown with marukin character in circle　　 33×43ｃｍ　sold out	UM-2　red with marukin character in circle　　 33×43ｃｍ sold out
UM-3　red　　 33×43ｃｍ　sold out	UM-4　white　 33×43ｃｍ　sold out

UM-5　largest　 52.5×58ｃｍ　\ sold out

Kirie fan
fan with cutting paper in various shapes

UK-1 morning glory ( blue) W25×H37ｃｍ　\1200	UK-2 morning glory (red) W25×H37ｃｍ　\1200	UK-3 morning glory (green) W25×H37ｃｍ　\1200

Fujin Raijin fan

UR-1　Raijin ( the god of thunder ) W29.5×H42.5ｃｍ　\2000	UF-1　Fujin ( the god of wind ) W29.5×H42.5ｃｍ　\2000

dragonfly with bamboo stem
	wooden dragonfly (red, yellow and blue)　 sold out (not available)

YT-1 red	YT-2 yellow	YT-3 blue
sold out (not available)	sold out (not available)	sold out (not available)

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