Original Japanese Edo Period Black Lacquered Jingasa Helmet with Complete Liner - Kanji Markings MG 34 and chin scales were worn

and chin scales were worn

Year of Manufacture: circa 1857

There are areas of cracking and crazing

though we have not identified the specific ranks and units of the pictured individuals

It was a common practice for swords to be passed down from one generation to the next

Original Japanese Edo Period Black Lacquered Jingasa Helmet with Complete Liner - Kanji Markings MG 34 and chin scales were wornOriginal 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 simple