The Iron Folding Fan as a Weapon
Iron folding fans are too heavy to be practical for most people. According to the Mezamshi TV segment embedded below, that makes them one of the least popular products on the Rakuten online shopping site.
As the clip shows, they aren’t meant to be used the same way as paper folding fans. The iron folding fan was used as a weapon during the samurai era, and some people still study tessenjutsu, the martial art of the Japanese war fan.
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