Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs which look to be from

which look to be from some type of theater or costume supply

marked either 6 ½" or 6 ⅝"

because of fanatical resistance by the population as well as the homeland troops

This cap is constructed of a fine dark blue wool with red piping around the top circumference and a 1” red wool band going around the lower circumference of the cap as well

Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs which look to be fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ( "camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by