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Miyawaki Baisenan

Kyoto · Japan

Kyoto sensu folding fans in bamboo, washi, and silk

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What Miyawaki Baisenan is known for

Miyawaki Baisenan has sold Kyoto folding fans since 1823, when a fan seller from Mino province took over an existing shop stocked by Omiya Shinbei. The current name, added by the third-generation owner in 1887, honors a rare local wood and reflects the shop's long ties to Kyoto's fan-making trade.

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