Uchiwa-e (団扇絵) are a genre of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, which appear on rigid, paddle-shaped hand fans known as uchiwa (団扇). Ovoid images matching the outline of uchiwa were printed on rectangular sheets of washi rice paper, then cut along the margins and pasted onto a skeletal bamboo frame.
Late Edo period uchiwa-e print of bugaku dancers
The actor Ichikawa Ebijuro I by Toyokuni I
Hishikawa Moronobu - uchiwa-e zukushi
Fan print with two bugaku dancers
Fan print with two bugaku dancers is an ukiyo-e woodblock print dating to sometime between the mid 1820s and 1844 by celebrated Edo period artist Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III. This print is simultaneously an example of the uchiwa-e and aizuri-e genres. It is part of the permanent collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Fan Print with two Bugaku Dancers, Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Detail of two dancing figures
Title and signature