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[[File:Met-jingasa.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An 18th-19th century lacquered ''jingasa'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum.]]
*''Japanese'': 陣笠 ''(jingasa)''

The ''jingasa'' (lit. "camp hat") was a type of hat worn by Japanese warriors when traveling or encamped. Of a type with the straw, conical ''kasa'' once called a "coolie hat" in English, the ''jingasa'' is typically [[lacquer]]ed, making it especially lightweight and waterproof.

In the [[Edo period]], the politics of display of ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' and other ceremonial occasions led to ''jingasa'' becoming more decorative in appearance, as was also the case for many other items of samurai arms, armor, and clothing. Still, these performed important symbolic, ceremonial, and discursive political purposes.

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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Hat (Jingasa)," Arms & Armor gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[[Category:Arms and Armor]]