Fan with finely carved ivory blades. Silk is plain on one side; the other side is decorated with approximately 300 glued on paper insignias, many of them monograms, in many colors.
This kimono was acquired in Japan by a Jewish family saved by Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Consul in Lithuania, who issued transit visas to Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland.
As Nazi persecution of Jews intensified, many sought to flee Germany for refuge in foreign countries.
