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  2. Oil-paper umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Oil-paper umbrellas are often known in Japanese as wagasa (Japanese: 和傘, "Japanese umbrella"), and these with a bull's-eye design are called janomegasa (Japanese: 蛇の目傘, "snake-eye umbrella"). The handle and scaffold are often colored black, however, sometimes other colors are applied as well.

  3. Kasa-obake - Wikipedia

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    Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. They are also called "karakasa-obake" (から傘おばけ), [2] [4] "kasa-bake" (傘化け), [5] and "karakasa kozō" (唐傘小僧).

  4. Gifu umbrellas - Wikipedia

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    Gifu Umbrellas are made using Mino washi, a strong local paper. A number of natural materials are used in the production process and there are a limited number of people who have the skills to make the umbrellas. Among traditional crafts in Japan, Gifu Umbrellas are particularly difficult to make with over 100 steps involved from start to finish.

  5. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    An umbrella Woman holding an umbrella at Zenkō-ji, Nagano, Japan. An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against rain.

  6. Sciadopitys verticillata - Wikipedia

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    Sciadopitys verticillata, the kōyamaki or Japanese umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic to Japan. It is the sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys , a living fossil with no close relatives.

  7. Kasa (hat) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Buddhist version of angels. Tenome A ghostly blind man with his eyes on his palms. Tenson kōrin The descent of Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Takamagahara to the land of Japan (then known as Ashihara no Nakatsukuni) to become its ruler. Soon after this, Hoori and his siblings Hoderi and Hosuseri were born.

  9. Kenjutsu - Wikipedia

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    Kenjutsu (剣術) is an umbrella term for all schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration. Some modern styles of kendo and iaido that were established in the 20th century also included modern forms of kenjutsu in their curriculum. [ 1 ]

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