Tokin

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Statue of a Karasu- Tengu as a Yamabushi with the token on his head, Kenchō-ji

Tokin ( Jap. 頭巾 , dt. "Scarf" 兜巾 , "helmet cloth" or 頭襟 , "head collar") refers to the headgear Yamabushi -Bergasketen of Shugendō -Kultes.

It consists of black fabric and often has twelve folds, one for each of the 12 Buddhist virtues ( nidāna ). During the Kamakura period it covered the entire head, but gradually got smaller until it reached its present form in the Edo period and is worn on the forehead.

Tokin as a leather helmet

With the warrior monks ( Sōhei ), a modification of the leather helmet was worn as part of their armor . Seen from above, it is round in the middle and straight on the front and back. Thick leather darts reinforce the helmet on the top and at the edges. It can be folded up for transport and therefore takes up little space in your marching pack. The helmet extends down to the wearer's shoulders and rests on them. On the front, below the face, there are two leather flaps on the right and left, which protect the neck area. It was attached to the head with cords.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trevor Absolon: The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armor Collection . tape 1 : Kabuto & Mengu . Toraba Samurai Art, Victoria BC 2011, ISBN 978-0-9867615-0-8 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  2. ↑ 山 伏 ・ 室町時代 ・ 武装 の 伸展 日本 服飾 史 資料 ・ 風俗 博物館 ～ よ み が え る 源氏物語 の 世界 ～ . 風俗 博物館 , accessed July 10, 2011 (Japanese, illustration of a Yamabushi from the Muromachi period ).
  3. ↑ 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 , p. 619.

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