SAKAI OHO (1808-1841) Winter Fans Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830s (3)SAKAI OHO (1808-1841)Winter Fans Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830sPair of kakejiku (hanging scrolls), ink and mineral colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting folding fans; the right-hand scroll with a fan leaf decorated with flowering prunus partly overlapping another fan decorated with a pine tree; the left-hand scroll with one folded fan and another open, decorated with bamboo and prunus blossom, signed Oho hitsu and sealed; with a wood storage box. Overall: each approx., 159cm x 46cm (62 9/16in x 18 1/8in); image: each approx., 60cm x 29.3cm (23 5/8in x 11 9/16in). (3).Decorated with the shochikubai (pine, bamboo, and prunus), three plants that thrive simultaneously during the coldest part of the year, the fans depicted here were likely intended as New-Year gifts.