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*''Other Names'': 玉冠 ''(O: tamanchaabui)''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 皮弁冠 ''(hibenkan / pi bian guan)''
The kings of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] received formal investiture from [[Chinese investiture envoys|envoys sent by the Chinese Court]]; the investiture ceremonies involved the use of special ritual garments called ''hibenfuku'', including a Chinese-style crown called alternatively ''hibenkan'', or ''tamanchaabui''. One such crown, dating to the 18th or 19th century, is today in the collection of the [[Naha]] City Museum of History, and has been designated a [[National Treasure]].
The crown is only on display twice a year, for limited periods, for conservation reasons. It is a black woven hat with twelve thin strips of gold running in parallel vertically along the front of the crown; each strip is further decorated with 24 jewels or small orbs of gold, silver, jasper, quartz, coral, or the like, for a total of 288. A large golden hairpin (''kanzashi'') with a dragon design on the head of the pin was also worn with the crown.
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==References==
*Gallery labels at Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 皮弁冠 ''(hibenkan / pi bian guan)''
The kings of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] received formal investiture from [[Chinese investiture envoys|envoys sent by the Chinese Court]]; the investiture ceremonies involved the use of special ritual garments called ''hibenfuku'', including a Chinese-style crown called alternatively ''hibenkan'', or ''tamanchaabui''. One such crown, dating to the 18th or 19th century, is today in the collection of the [[Naha]] City Museum of History, and has been designated a [[National Treasure]].
The crown is only on display twice a year, for limited periods, for conservation reasons. It is a black woven hat with twelve thin strips of gold running in parallel vertically along the front of the crown; each strip is further decorated with 24 jewels or small orbs of gold, silver, jasper, quartz, coral, or the like, for a total of 288. A large golden hairpin (''kanzashi'') with a dragon design on the head of the pin was also worn with the crown.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels at Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
