<p>This appears to be the end piece of a folding fan. Maybe the rest of the fan is missing?</p>

<p>The characters should be read from right to left:
金澤 jin1ze2
櫻谷特製 ying1gu3 te4zhi4</p>

<p>金澤 is the Japanese city Kanazawa. 櫻谷 means "Cherry blossom gorge" and would be pronounced "Sakuraya" in Japanese. This is probably the name of a place or a company. 特製 means "special product of".</p>

<p>So presumably this is a special product of Sakuraya in Kanazawa. While the names appear to be Japanese, these words would mean exactly the same thing in Chinese.</p>

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Thank you very much @KWeiss for your help! I can't upvote your answer for my low reputation in this community but your help is highly appreciated!
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Done, thanks again @KWeiss. On an update, we went deeper and found out that this is actually a Tessen, or at least a reproduction of a Tessen, a Japanese war fan is a fan designed for use in warfare, well, it was apparently designed to look like a fan so they would take it to places where weapons were not allowed. Thanks again!
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2019-04-25T14:27:02.923Z
2019-04-25T14:27:02.923Z
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<p>I'm not sure if this language is Chinese or Japanese, pardon my ignorance, but I'm trying to figure out what it says here and what this artifact is.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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Trying to figure out what says here and what this artifact is
# Trying to figure out what says here and what this artifact is

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-25)

I'm not sure if this language is Chinese or Japanese, pardon my ignorance, but I'm trying to figure out what it says here and what this artifact is.

Thanks in advance!

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/62OGC.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/62OGC.jpg)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-25. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This appears to be the end piece of a folding fan. Maybe the rest of the fan is missing?

The characters should be read from right to left:
金澤 jin1ze2
櫻谷特製 ying1gu3 te4zhi4

金澤 is the Japanese city Kanazawa. 櫻谷 means "Cherry blossom gorge" and would be pronounced "Sakuraya" in Japanese. This is probably the name of a place or a company. 特製 means "special product of".

So presumably this is a special product of Sakuraya in Kanazawa. While the names appear to be Japanese, these words would mean exactly the same thing in Chinese.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much @username_1 for your help! I can't upvote your answer for my low reputation in this community but your help is highly appreciated!  
> **username_2**: @Jean Paul Ruiz you can accept this answer by clicking the check mark below the up /down arrows  
> **username_0**: Done, thanks again @username_1. On an update, we went deeper and found out that this is actually a Tessen, or at least a reproduction of a Tessen, a Japanese war fan is a fan designed for use in warfare, well, it was apparently designed to look like a fan so they would take it to places where weapons were not allowed. Thanks again!  

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