noun
palm-leaf fan
A fan made from a palm leaf, especially the leaf of the Japanese banana plant (芭蕉). Often associated with the mythical fan used by Princess Iron Fan in Journey to the West.
芭蕉扇は西遊記に登場する宝物の一つだ。
The palm-leaf fan is one of the treasures that appear in Journey to the West.
夏祭りで芭蕉扇をあおいで涼んだ。
I cooled off by waving a palm-leaf fan at the summer festival.
扇子 is a folding fan, while 芭蕉扇 is a fixed, non-folding fan made from a palm leaf.
From 芭蕉 (bashō, 'Japanese banana plant') + 扇 (sen, 'fan'). The term is strongly associated with the magical fan used by Princess Iron Fan in the Chinese classic Journey to the West.