Girl holding Red Fan

A girl holds a red fan with both hands — the fan's brilliant vermillion color dominating the composition's warm palette — in this 1952 Senpan print with traces of mica in the printing. The mica dust adds a subtle shimmer to the surface, enriching the red of the fan and giving the print a quality of tactile as well as visual richness. The girl's focused expression and formal grip on the fan suggest a ceremonial or festival context rather than everyday use, the fan an object of ritual significance as well as summer utility.