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What do the fan kanji mean?
What is the general meaning of the text in cartouche?

賢女烈婦傳
玉依姫
Biographies of Wise Women and Virtuous Wives
Princess Tamaori

Translation of the text
Princess Tamaori was the daughter of Azechi Dainagon Sukekata and the wife of Taira no Atsumori. Her husband was killed in the Battle of Suma. She then cut off her hair, donned Zen robes, and lived in seclusion in the Miei-dō Hall of the Shin-Zenkōji Temple in Kyōto, where she crafted folding fans known as Akome-ōgi.That is why these folding fans are still called Miei-dō Hall Fans today.

Signature,
朝櫻樓　
國芳画 Painted by Chōōrō Kuniyoshi

Censor's seal,
村松　Muramatsu

Publisher's mark,
伊場屋仙三郎　Ibaya Senzaburō

Regards,
I.Nagy

Something was left out.
Inscription on the fan,
御影堂　Miei-dō Hall

I.Nagy

Thanks a lot, but what is written in the big fan?

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