Showing posts with label Kasa Hat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kasa Hat. Show all posts

Saturday 3 November 2018

Oriental War Hat

This metal conical hat or Jingasa is a mix of fantasy and fact.


The feudal Japanese foot soldiers wore for battle what is called a Jingasa.


Jingasa can be many shapes including conical and are made from many different materials iron, copper, wood, paper, bamboo, or leather, some were conical, some more curved.

This Jingasa, in this case, is not made from any of the material of feudal Japan as its a repurposed spun aluminium cone.

Sprayed and decorated with strips of cloth.




Sunday 31 May 2015

Oriental Straw Hat


This oriental/asian hat is a kind of rice paddy/coolie hat, however they normally go to a point on the top, so I guess this is more like the Japanese Kasa Hat.
Made overly large, the word kasa can also mean umbrella.
Also this is not made of straw but bamboo.


This hat was purchased at Larp fair, but I've seen its twin for sale on ebay

Straw hats = Any type of hat made of straw or bamboo