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Jingasa (陣笠): a type of kasa commonly worn by samurai and foot soldiers. The samurai class in feudal Japan, as well as their retainers and footsoldiers, used several types of jingasa made from iron, copper, wood, paper, bamboo, or leather. [2] [3] Jingasa almost always had crests on them.
Way of the Samurai 2 (侍道2, Samurai Dou 2) is a PlayStation 2 (PS2) action-adventure game released in 2003. It was re-released on PlayStation Portable in 2009 in Japan only. [ 2 ]
The Komusō (虚無僧) ("priest of nothingness" or "monk of emptiness") were wandering non-monastic lay Buddhists from the warrior-class (samurai and rōnin) who were noted for wearing straw basket hats and playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute, nowadays called suizen 吹禅 ('Zen of blowing (the flute)').
Ashigaru wearing armor and jingasa firing tanegashima (Japanese matchlocks). Ashigaru (足軽, "light of foot") were infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan.The first known reference to ashigaru was in the 14th century, [1] but it was during the Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi period) that the use of ashigaru became prevalent by various warring factions.
An ad for various styles of straw hats A straw cone hat worn by a Japanese buddhist monk. A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. [1] Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and face from direct sunlight, but are also used in fashion as a decorative element or a uniform.
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[1] At the back of the kanmuri is a long, thin silk ornament called ei (纓), which is a variation of string. Types of kanmuri generally differ in the shape of the ei and the textile pattern, and also according to the rank of the person. The kanmuri is still worn today by the Japanese imperial family and Shinto priests.
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