UTIWA(a fan)

うちわ

Fans are a type of tool that raises the wind with a fan by hand.
Since ancient times, fans have started with wooden products, tofu and animal hair, Basho’s leaves, and became the present form that uses bamboo bone and paper as a material in the Muromachi period.
In the Meiji Era, exports to overseas began, the demand for distribution of merchants soared, and it gained significance as an advertising medium.