Festivals: Paper Fan

Rounded Paper Fan

Included in Daily Life box, Festivals & Holidays box

• Description:  For centuries in Japan, rounded paper fans (uchiwa) have been used. They are made from a thin bamboo frame decorated with paper or silk stretched onto the frame. These fans are used as personal fans, but often seen paired with Yukata summer outfits.
  For more information, visit: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/spot/handcrft/marugameuchiwa.html

• Links
  • Information about Rounded Paper Fans

• Lesson Plans
  • Japanese Fan – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Japanese Floating Lanterns – NCTA Ohio

• Standard Reference
  (If you know of another standard that may link to this item, please add it to the comment box below.)
  • Social Studies: 
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #4
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #6
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #4
  • Visual Arts:
    • Grade 6: 1PE, 3PE, 4PE, 1PR, 3PR, 4PR, 1RE, 2RE, 3RE, 5RE