Jingasa
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Jingasa |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Jingasa ( Japanese 陣 笠 ) is a helmet from Japan.
description
The Jingasa vary greatly in shape and diameter. It is made of iron , steel , copper , leather or wood. Mostly they have the shape of a bowl or a bowl . The jingasa were mostly worn by the aristocratic samurai's arms-bearers , or during leisure activities of the samurai themselves. There are very simple versions, but also those in which very high-quality lacquer work and finishes with metal leaf ( gilding or silvering ) were used. The Jingasa came into use as official military clothing only with the introduction of firearms . The arquebuses wore these headgear because they were simply more practical for dealing with the Tanegashima arquebuses (loading, aiming and firing). The Jingasa do not have a visor, but some versions have a kind of curtain on the helmet made of fabric or chain armor .
literature
- Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook: Secrets of the samurai. A survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan. Tuttle Publishing, Rutland VT 1991, ISBN 0-8048-1684-0 , p. 219.
- Stephen R. Turnbull: Samurai armies, 1550-1615 (= Men-at-arms Series. ). Color Plates by Richard Hook. Osprey Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-85045-302-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. With an Introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , pp. 323-324.
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gallery
Nirayama Jingasa
Copper jingasa
Bajo-Jingasa
Various jingasa
Jingasa and arquebus shooters
Multiple jingasa
Iron jingasa
Jingasa made of leather
