Item ref: 3817
Private collection, Paris
Signed:
In red lacquer, Okabe Kumaji Fujiwara Masuaki.
The jingasa, or 'camp hat,' was a type worn by Japanese warriors when traveling or encamped.
Black lacquered wooden war hat of hira-jingasa type (flat-shaped) bearing a gold lacquer crest representing a triple tomoe carried by several daimyo families, the underside decorated with a sheet of gold leaf on a black lacquered background. It's maker signed the work in red lacquer: Okabe Kumaji Fujiwara Masuaki.