Hat

Object Number:

83-44-1

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Japanese

Provenience:

Japan

Period:

Late Edo

Date Made:

19th Century

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Wood
Gold
Lacquer

Technique:

Lacquered

Iconography:

Dragon
Cloud
Mon
Tokugawa Crest

Description:

Elaborate lacquered jingasa (foot soldier's flat helemt) with a dragon and cloud design and the Tokugawa family crest. Designed for ceremonial use.

Other Number:

LO-1861-4

Old Museum Number

[Catalogue] 1981. Echoes of the Samurai: An Exhibition of Japanese Arms and Armor. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 33, Back Cover