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Kasa(hat)

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This display case atGifu Castleshows manykasaof the type known asjingasa.

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

Grammar and etymology[edit]

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 asDù).

Types ofkasa[edit]

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 nón):a wickerworkkasamade of shaven bamboo or wood.
  • Amigasa(Biên み nón):a wickerworkkasa.Anamigasais a straw hat of the type traditionally worn in some Japanese folk dances.
  • Fukaamigasa(Thâm biên み nón):a deep wickerworkkasa.
  • Jingasa(Trận nón):a type ofkasacommonly worn by samurai andashigaru(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 nón):typically a conicalamigasawith a flat top, often worn byrōnin.
  • Sandogasa(Tam độ nón):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 nón):a conical, pointed wickerworkkasamade of sedge. This hat shape is called anón láin Vietnam ordo'unin Cambodia.
  • Takuhatsugasa(Thác bát nón):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 nón):a foldedkasa,famously worn for theAwa Dance Festival.
  • Yagyūgasa(Liễu sinh nón):the family crest ofYagyū clan,not an actual kind ofkasa.

Gallery[edit]

  • A Buddhist monk wearing a takuhatsugasa.
    A Buddhist monk wearing atakuhatsugasa.
  • The hat in this print is a fukāmigasa of the sort known as tengai (天蓋), worn by komusō, mendicant monks of Fuke Zen.
    The hat in this print is afukāmigasaof the sort known astengai(Thiên cái),worn bykomusō,mendicant monks ofFuke Zen.
  • These women at the Awa Dance Festival wear the characteristic kasa of the dance.
    These women at theAwa Dance Festivalwear the characteristickasaof the dance.
  • Various jingasa from the Return of the Samurai exhibition of Samurai art and artifacts, held in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada in 2010.
    Variousjingasafrom theReturn of the Samuraiexhibition of Samurai art and artifacts, held in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada in 2010.
  • A Buddhist pilgrim asking for alms outside a Buddhist temple.
    A Buddhist pilgrim asking for alms outside a Buddhist temple.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Popovic, Mislav."Kasa – traditional Japanese hats".traditionscustoms.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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