Original Japanese Early 19th Century Lacquered Wooden Jingasa Helmet One-of-a-Kind which was in storage for

which was in storage for almost 100 years

There are no maker marks present

with only a small bit of lifting at the seam

QM(CTM) 11300-E-62

Original Japanese Early 19th Century Lacquered Wooden Jingasa Helmet One-of-a-Kind which was in storage forOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ("camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by simple