Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter to the careful composition of

to the careful composition of flowers that echo right and left

with turned wooden handle that screws off

I’ve become hugely enamored of vintage Burmese lacquer boxes

Each plate is stamped on the bottom

but I find this battered vintage X-ACTO knife box

Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter to the careful composition ofThis is just about the most beautiful little Japanese fan sensu that I can imagine! Constructed of what I believe is a woodblock print on paper and a bamboo structure, it is two sided, featuring a unique composition of different patterns on each side, perhaps inspired by kimono textile patterns, and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples, blues, pinks and ochres. These are punctuated with black Japanese characters, which I wish I could