A late 19th century/early 20th century Japanese folding fan, the black lacquered sticks and guard sticks with characters and hats, the leaf painted with bird and flowers, signed, the reverse with characters painted to the struts, open: 74 x 40 cm. Together with a smaller Japanese folding fan, the paper leaf painted in silver and black landscape with wisteria to the reverse (staining), and lacquered shaped sticks, folding mechanism, fan open: 39 x 22 cm. (2)