Fan Tessen
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Authentic Iron Fan (Tessen) – The Heart Sutra: Hannyashigyo ! $80.00 |
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Authentic Japanese Iron Fan- Samurai Tessen: Black #1 ! $110.00 |
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Authentic Japanese Iron Fan- Samurai Tessen: White #1 ! $70.00 |
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BOKUSEN – Wood Fan (wooden tessen) $35.00 |
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Tenarashi Tessen (solid iron fan) $100.00 |
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Japanese SAMURAI Tessen Sensu Folding fan ancient iron Ougi gold $258.97 |
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Authentic Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)- Big#30 “Dark Black” $120.00 |
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Daimyo Tessen (Iron Fan) (Mid Edo period) $1,500.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #8 “Cresent (Red)” ! $141.45 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #6 “Kin (Gold)” $111.21 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #5 “3 Crest (Black)” $155.52 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #3 “Furinkazan (Red) $144.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #2 “Dragon (Blue)” ! $144.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #1 “Shiro (White)” ! $110.21 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Model #4 “Rokumonsen (Red) $166.32 |
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L5R * IG2 * “Iron Fan” * x3 * Force Penalty Tessen Weapon Item $2.49 |
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DID 1/6 Toyotomi Hideyoshi_Tessen / War Fan Samurai_DDX57J $9.99 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#13 “Mitsunari Ishida” $84.95 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#22 “Makoto Serizawa” $97.85 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#21 “Makoto Okita” $97.85 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#20 “Makoto Kondo” $97.85 |
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Shortened Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#16 “Ryoma Black” $69.12 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen)#15 “Sakamoto Ryoma White” $90.72 |
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Shortened Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) #17 “White” $57.60 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Uesugi Kenshin- Navy Blue” ! $105.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Takeda Shingen- Cherry Red” ! $105.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Yukimura Sanada- Dark Gray” ! $105.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Toyotomi Hideyoshi- Cherry Red” ! $105.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Ieyasu Tokugawa- White” ! $140.00 |
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Japanese Iron Fan (Tessen) – Oda Nobunaga- Gold Colored” ! $140.00 |
Japanese War Fan
Types of war fan
Gunsen (?) were folding fans used by the average warriors to cool themselves off. They were made of bronze, brass or a similar metal for the inner spokes, and often used iron for the outer spokes, making them lightweight but strong. Warriors would hang their fans from a variety of places, most typically from the belt or the breastplate, though the latter often impeded the use of a sword or a bow.
Saihai (?) were tasseled signalling fans which would be used by a commander to signal troop movements.
Tessen (?) were folding fans with outer spokes made of iron which were designed to look like normal, harmless folding fans or solid clubs shaped to look like a closed fan. Samurai could take these to places where swords or other overt weapons were not allowed, and some swordsmanship schools included training in the use of the tessen as a weapon. The tessen was also used for fending off arrows and darts, as a throwing weapon, and as an aid in swimming.
Uchiwa (?) were large iron fans, sometimes built on a wooden core, which were carried by high-ranking officers. They were used to ward off arrows, as a sunshade, and to signal to troops.
War fans in history and folklore
One particularly famous legend involving war fans concerns a direct confrontation between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin at the fourth battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. Kenshin burst into Shingen’s command tent on horseback, having broken through his entire army, and attacked; his sword was deflected by Shingen’s war fan. It is not clear whether Shingen parried with a tessen, a dansen uchiwa, or some other form of fan. Nevertheless, it was quite rare for commanders to fight directly, and especially for a general to defend himself so effectively when taken so off-guard.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have defeated the great warrior monk Sait Musashib Benkei with a tessen.
Araki Murashige is said to have used a tessen to save his life when the great warlord Oda Nobunaga sought to assassinate him. Araki was invited before Nobunaga, and was stripped of his swords at the entrance to the mansion, as was customary. When he performed the customary bowing at the threshold, Nobunaga intended to have the room’s sliding doors slammed shut onto Araki’s neck, killing him. However, Araki supposedly placed his tessen in the grooves in the floor, blocking the doors from closing.
The Yagy clan, sword instructors to the Tokugawa shoguns, included tessenjutsu in their swordschool, the Yagy Shinkage-ry.
War fans outside Japan
Fans are also used for offensive and defensive purposes in the Chinese and Korean martial arts. They are called “” (ti shn, literally “steel fan”) in Chinese, and “” (buchae) in Korean.
See also
Tessenjutsu
References
Ratti, Oscar and Adele Westbrook (1973). Secrets of the Samurai. Edison, NJ: Castle Books.
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