A Large Japanese Iron Samurai Gunsen ( è ??à ) / Tessen (?????à ) (War Fan) Signed. 19th/20th century of typical folding form. Used both as a weapon and as a signalling device by Japans warriors and generals. The very heavy iron guards are capped with silver metal have applied silver metal decoration ‰?ò one side with a crescent moon, the other with the sun. One guardstick has an inscription / signature in Japanese script. The sticks are of lacquered wood. The stiff double paper leaf is decorated in gold pigment on a black ground with a sun to each side, length 38cm