Kasa is the correct way to pronounce the word when it stands alone. Rendaku causes kasa to change to -gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat, as in jingasa.
Kasa shares its etymology with the Japanese word for "umbrella" (also pronounced kasa, but written as 傘).
Types of kasaedit
Antique Japanese samurai leather jingasa (war hat) in the nirayama style.
A number of different styles of kasa exist. Varieties of kasa were used throughout most all levels of Japanese society.
Some types of kasa include:
Ajirogasa (網代笠): a wickerwork kasa made of shaven bamboo or wood.
Amigasa (編み笠): a wickerwork kasa. An amigasa is a straw hat of the type traditionally worn in some Japanese folk dances.
Fukāmigasa (深編み笠): a deep wickerwork kasa.
Jingasa (陣笠): a type of kasa commonly worn by samurai and ashigaru (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.
Roningasa (浪人笠): typically a conical amigasa with a flat top, often worn by rōnin.
Sandogasa (三度笠): a bamboo kasa for traveling with a wide, flat shape that offered protection from the sun and rain. Favored by sando hikyaku, couriers who regularly traveled between Edo and Kyoto.
Sugegasa (菅笠): a conical, pointed wickerwork kasa made of sedge. This hat shape is called a nón lá in Vietnam or do'un in Cambodia.
Takuhatsugasa (托鉢笠): a Buddhist mendicant's kasa. A woven rice-straw kasa worn by mendicant Buddhist monks, the takuhatsugasa is 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 a samurai'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.
^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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kasa, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, kasa, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2018,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kasa hat news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message A kasa 笠 is any one of several traditional Japanese hats 1 These include amigasa and jingasa This display case at Gifu Castle shows many kasa of the type known as jingasa Contents 1 Grammar and etymology 2 Types of kasa 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGrammar and etymology editKasa is the correct way to pronounce the word when it stands alone Rendaku causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat as in jingasa Kasa shares its etymology with the Japanese word for umbrella also pronounced kasa but written as 傘 Types of kasa edit nbsp Antique Japanese samurai leather jingasa war hat in the nirayama style A number of different styles of kasa exist Varieties of kasa were used throughout most all levels of Japanese society Some types of kasa include Ajirogasa 網代笠 a wickerwork kasa made of shaven bamboo or wood Amigasa 編み笠 a wickerwork kasa An amigasa is a straw hat of the type traditionally worn in some Japanese folk dances Fukamigasa 深編み笠 a deep wickerwork kasa Jingasa 陣笠 a type of kasa commonly worn by samurai and ashigaru 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 Roningasa 浪人笠 typically a conical amigasa with a flat top often worn by rōnin Sandogasa 三度笠 a bamboo kasa for traveling with a wide flat shape that offered protection from the sun and rain Favored by sando hikyaku couriers who regularly traveled between Edo and Kyoto Sugegasa 菅笠 a conical pointed wickerwork kasa made of sedge This hat shape is called a non la in Vietnam or do un in Cambodia Takuhatsugasa 托鉢笠 a Buddhist mendicant s kasa A woven rice straw kasa worn by mendicant Buddhist monks the takuhatsugasa is 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 a samurai 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 天蓋 see komusō Torioigasa 鳥追笠 a folded kasa famously worn for the Awa Dance Festival Yagyugasa 柳生笠 the family crest of Yagyu clan not an actual kind of kasa Gallery edit nbsp A Buddhist monk wearing a takuhatsugasa nbsp The hat in this print is a fukamigasa of the sort known as tengai 天蓋 worn by komusō mendicant monks of Fuke Zen nbsp These women at the Awa Dance Festival wear the characteristic kasa of the dance nbsp 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 nbsp A Buddhist pilgrim begging for alms outside a Buddhist temple See also editYatarō gasa Yataro s Travel Hat a 1957 film by Kazuo Mori Salakot Asian conical hatReferences edit Popovic Mislav Kasa traditional Japanese hats traditionscustoms com Archived from the original on 19 March 2016 Retrieved 19 March 2016 Tanaka Fumon 2003 Samurai Fighting Arts The Spirit and the Practice Kodansha International p 46 ISBN 978 4 7700 2898 3 Ratti Oscar Westbrook Adele 1991 Secrets of the Samurai A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan C E Tuttle p 219 ISBN 978 0 8048 1684 7 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kasa hat Haiku Topics 01 WKD TOPICS Hat kasa at Haiku Topics in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kasa hat amp oldid 1177236528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
