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Pages in category "Japanese headgear" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Benkan; C.
A bell-shaped woman's' hat that was popular during the Roaring Twenties. Coal scuttle bonnet: A woman's bonnet with stiffened brim and a flat back (crown). Conical Asian hat: A conical straw hat associated with East and Southeast Asia. Sometimes known as a "coolie hat", although the term "coolie" may be interpreted as derogatory. [33] [34 ...
Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann. Cabriolet; Capote – soft crown, rigid brim, nineteenth century; Chip bonnet; Gypsy bonnet – shallow to flat crown, saucer shaped, and worn by tying it on with either a scarf or sash, under the chin, or at the nape of the neck – nineteenth Century; Kiss-me-quick; Leghorn bonnet
Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on the skull and/or other parts of the head, either for practical reasons such as physical protection or for ornamental, ceremonial or symbolic purposes.
Tenkan is also a name for the triangularly-folded cloth headband worn by yūrei in traditional Japanese artwork. See also hirabitai (above). Tenugui (手拭い, lit. ' hand wiper ') A rectangular piece of fabric, usually cotton or linen, used for a variety of purposes, such as a handkerchief, hand towel and headscarf.
For many centuries women wore a variety of head-coverings which were called caps. For example, in the 18th and 19th centuries a cap was a kind of head covering made of a flimsy fabric such as muslin; it was worn indoors or under a bonnet by married women, or older unmarried women who were "on the shelf" (e.g. mob-cap).
Varieties of kasa were used throughout most all levels of Japanese society. Some types of kasa include: Ajirogasa (網代笠): a wickerwork kasa made of shaven bamboo or wood. Amigasa (編み笠): a wickerwork kasa. An amigasa is a straw hat of the type traditionally worn in some Japanese folk dances. Fukaamigasa (深編み笠): a deep ...
It was the standard headwear worn by adult men at the Japanese imperial court, including courtiers, aristocrats, and the emperor, from the Heian period to the Meiji Restoration. Today, it is worn only by the Imperial Family and government officials on rare occasions, such as weddings and the accession of new emperors.