Talk:Japanese war fan

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Contents 1 Harisen 2 Edit? Why? 3 Tessen image (the folding kind) 4 Used by Edo Period Police 5 Tessen - folding only?

[edit] Harisen

Harisen is now redirecting to this page and, although there is mention the use of fans in anime (e.g. FMP), the term Harisen is not mention on this page and I don't think a Harisen is precisely the same thing as a "war fan" anyway, being made of paper and generally used in stand up comedy. Shiroi Hane 19:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Initially I was going to create a seperate article at harisen, but couldn't find enough information- I think that probably has more to do with my library than anything else :). If you think ou can write up a decent article, go for it.--Sean Black ^(talk) 20:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit? Why?

I think this article is fine the way it is presented. Sorry if the attention span of some people is too short to read something this "long" - I can imagine what they'd do to "Gone With the Wind"

^^^^ Kat

I can't believe I missed that tag being added. Someone(s) has since reorganized the article, so I'm removing the tag. LordAmeth 23:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tessen image (the folding kind)

Is there an image of the folding kind of tessen somewhere? --User:Angie Y.

[edit] Used by Edo Period Police

(Unless I passed it up while reading the page) Why isn't it mentioned that the Iron fan was also used as a weapon by the Edo period police force? The book Taiho-jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai has a nice section on it. Please see the following google book scan for useful info on the fan used by the Japanese police. --Ghostexorcist 18:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tessen - folding only?

The article is giving the impression that the Term "Tessen" is only for fans that can be folded. Afaik "Tessen" covers all kinds of "war fans", just meaning a fan that has value in fighting.

The displayed image shows a japanese sign reading "Tessen" while it is obviously the solid metal type. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.189.221.33 (talk) 21:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I wanna see the folding type, actually. Angie Y. (talk) 02:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)