Moreover, Ajiro Uchiwa fan, which was made by painting urushi Japanese lacquer on materials, and the military leader's Uchiwa fan (called Gunbai in Japanese in short), which had a firm structure by adopting various materials such as lacquered skin, board and thin iron plate, had been used in samurai's war since the Sengoku period
また、戦国時代(日本)以降、素材に漆塗りの網代団扇や漆塗りの皮、あるいは板や薄い鉄板などを用い堅固につくられた軍配団扇（略称：軍配）が武家の戦いの中で使用された。