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  2. Hachimaki - Wikipedia

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    A kamikaze pilot receives a hachimaki before his final mission, 1945.. The origin of the hachimaki is uncertain, but the most common theory states that they originated as headbands used by samurai, worn underneath the kabuto to protect the wearer from cuts [1] and to absorb sweat. [2]

  3. Template : Japanese (samurai) weapons, armour and equipment

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  4. List of items traditionally worn in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Japanese headband, worn to keep sweat off of one's face. Hachimaki are typically made of cotton , sometimes featuring a printed design. In Japanese media, it is used as a trope to show the courage of the wearer, symbolising the effort put into their strife, and in kabuki , when appearing as a purple headband tied to the left, it ...

  5. Senninbari - Wikipedia

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    The custom of producing senninbari originated during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. In their earliest forms, senninbari were small handkerchief sized pieces of square material, containing 1000 knots or stitches embroidered to strengthen the material, the implication being that this strength was passed along to the man carrying it.

  6. Headband - Wikipedia

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    Iranian king wearing headband A hard plastic headband, or Alice band Baby wearing a headband. A headband or hairband [1] is a clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or ...

  7. Japanese armour - Wikipedia

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    Japanese armour was generally constructed from many small iron (tetsu) and/or leather (nerigawa) scales (kozane) and/or plates (ita-mono), connected to each other by rivets and macramé cords (odoshi) made from leather and/or braided silk, and/or chain armour . Noble families had silk cords made in specific patterns and colors of silk thread.

  8. Ryu (Street Fighter) - Wikipedia

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    Despite being Japanese, Capcom described him as an American martial artist which led to the creation of Makoto whose design was based on an Eastern point of view. [20] The original white bandana became red in Street Fighter II due to an oversight. Despite the bandana aiming to cover long hair, Akiman claimed that Capcom decided to keep his hair ...

  9. Afro Samurai - Wikipedia

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    Afro settles in as the new Number 1 while Jinno, now claiming all headbands from Justice, returns to take revenge. In Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Jinno and his sister Sio, steal Rokutaro's body and the Number 1 headband. After killing Shichigoro and taking the Number 2 headband, Afro confronts the resurrected Rokutaro, who kills the siblings.