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Antique Japanese samurai leather jingasa (war hat) in the nirayama style. A number of different styles of kasa exist. 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.
Caping worn by a farmer in Indonesia These women at the Awa Dance Festival in Japan wear the characteristic kasa of the dance Vietnamese nón tơi. The Asian conical hat is a simple style of conically shaped sun hat notable in modern-day nations and regions of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Boots are a style of footwear that came to Japan from the West during the Meiji period (1868–1912); worn by women while wearing a hakama, optional footwear worn by young women, students and teachers at high-school and university graduation ceremonies, and by young women out celebrating their Coming of Age at shrines, often with a hakama with ...
Shaguma - Yak-hair headdress used by early Imperial Japanese Army generals; Slouch hat – One side of hat droops down as opposed to the other which is pinned against the side of the crown; Tarleton Cap – A leather helmet with a large crest. Popular with cavalry and light infantry in the late 18th and early 19th century. Named after British ...
The komusō were characterized in the public imagination of Japan by their playing of solo pieces, honkyoku ("fundamental pieces"), on the shakuhachi (a type of bamboo flute), a practice known today as suizen, while wearing a large woven basket hat or tengai (天蓋) that covered their entire head as they went on pilgrimage.
Kabuto (兜, 冑) is a type of helmet first used by ancient Japanese warriors that, in later periods, became an important part of the traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. Note that in the Japanese language, the word kabuto is an appellative, not a type description, and can refer to any ...
Usually made in stone and occasionally metal or wood, hōkyōintō started to be made in their present form during the Kamakura period [1] (1185–1333). Like a gorintō, they are divided in five main sections called (from the bottom up) kaeribanaza (反花座), or "inverted flower seat", kiso (基礎), or base, tōshin (塔身), or body, kasa (笠), or umbrella, and sōrin (相輪), or pagoda ...
The Japanese kesa are also made of patchwork (割截衣; kassetsue) which can be composed of five, seven, nine, or more panels of fabric sewed together. [13] The kesa is worn over a Chinese-style long robe, called jikitotsu (直裰) which was also developed in China, [ 14 ] [ 15 ] and had a belt or sash tied at the waist. [ 13 ]