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Rich · 9th January 2010, 11:18 AM

It's called a Jingasa, usually worn by common foot soldiers, ashigaru. Many made of layers of lacquered leather, some of lacquered wood, some of iron. This looks rather new, perhaps a movie prop, re-enactor piece??

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9th January 2010, 11:18 AM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	It's called a Jingasa, usually worn by common foot soldiers, ashigaru. Many made of layers of lacquered leather, some of lacquered wood, some of iron. This looks rather new, perhaps a movie prop, re-enactor piece?? Rich S The Japanese Sword Index http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm How do you delete a duplicate message? Can't find a button for that. (i got it Rich. I can, you can't ) Last edited by David; 9th January 2010 at 04:28 PM.