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The Japanese war fan, or tessen (Japanese: 鉄扇,てっせん, romanized: tessen, lit. 'iron fan'), is a Japanese hand fan used as a weapon or for signalling. Several types of war fans were used by the samurai class of feudal Japan and each had a different look and purpose.
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