Japan - Zunari Jingasa - Tokugawa Clan - Edo Period - 19th.

Zunari jingasa by daimyo in black lacquer, rider model. It is decorated in gold lacquer hira maki-e with a kashiwa môn daki from the Tokugawa clan. Tehen kanamono in gilded copper. Red lacquered interior. Interior cap redone. A few checks of the lacquer. Very good condition considering its age. From the Edo period - 19th century.

Dimensions: Length: 34.5 cm; width: 31 cm; Height: 14.5 cm.

The Jingasa was a samurai headdress worn on trips. Lighter than the Kabuto, it played a role of protection from both the sun and bad weather. On some like this one, a mon indicated membership in different clans. From the Edo Period (1600-1868), it was worn more often as the era of internal wars in Japan disappeared.