A jingasa [war hat] | Edo Period, 19th Century

Property from a Private Collector in Los Angeles

A jingasa [war hat]

Edo Period, 19^th Century

the conical jingasa with applied four-tier floret kanamono, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground, with takanoha mon [falcon feather crests) and dragons, the peak with karakusa to the underside of the red lacquer interior 

34 cm.,13⅜ diam.