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Kasa(hat)

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This display case atGifu Castleshows manykasaof the type known asjingasa.

Akasa(Lạp)is any one of several traditionalJapanesehats.[1]These includeamigasaandjingasa.

Grammar and etymology

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Kasais the correct way to pronounce the word when it stands alone.Rendakucauseskasato change to-gasawhen it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat, as injingasa.

Kasashares its etymology with the Japanese word for "umbrella" (also pronouncedkasa,but written asTán).

Types ofkasa

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Antique Japanese samurai leatherjingasa(war hat) in thenirayamastyle.

A number of different styles ofkasaexist. Varieties ofkasawere used throughout most all levels of Japanese society.

Some types ofkasainclude:

  • Ajirogasa(Võng đại lạp):a wickerworkkasamade of shaven bamboo or wood.
  • Amigasa(Biên み lạp):a wickerworkkasa.Anamigasais a straw hat of the type traditionally worn in some Japanese folk dances.
  • Fukaamigasa(Thâm biên み lạp):a deep wickerworkkasa.
  • Jingasa(Trận lạp):a type ofkasacommonly worn by samurai and foot soldiers. The samurai class in feudal Japan, as well as their retainers and footsoldiers, used several types ofjingasamade fromiron,copper,wood,paper,bamboo,orleather.[2][3]Jingasaalmost always hadcrestson them.
  • Rōningasa(Lãng nhân lạp):typically a conicalamigasawith a flat top, often worn byrōnin.
  • Sandogasa(Tam độ lạp):a bambookasafor traveling with a wide, flat shape that offered protection from the sun and rain. Favored bysando hikyaku,couriers who regularly traveled between Edo and Kyoto.
  • Sugegasa(Gian lạp):a conical, pointed wickerworkkasamade of sedge. This hat shape is called anón láin Vietnam ordo'unin Cambodia.
  • Takuhatsugasa(Thác bát lạp):a Buddhist mendicant'skasa.A woven rice-strawkasaworn by mendicantBuddhist monks,thetakuhatsugasais made overlarge and in a bowl or mushroom shape. Unlike an Asian conical hat, it does not come to a point, nor does it ride high on the head like asamurai's traveling hat, instead covering the upper half to two-thirds of the face, masking the identity of the monk and allowing him to travel undistracted on his journey.
  • Tengai(Thiên cái):(seekomusō)
  • Torioigasa(Điểu truy lạp):a foldedkasa,famously worn for theAwa Dance Festival.
  • Yagyūgasa(Liễu sinh lạp):the family crest ofYagyū clan,not an actual kind ofkasa.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^Popovic, Mislav."Kasa – traditional Japanese hats".traditionscustoms.com.Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2016.Retrieved19 March2016.
  2. ^Tanaka, Fumon(2003).Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice.Kodansha International. p. 46.ISBN978-4-7700-2898-3.
  3. ^Ratti, Oscar; Westbrook, Adele (1991).Secrets of the Samurai; A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan.C. E. Tuttle. p. 219.ISBN978-0-8048-1684-7.
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