tokin; small black cap worn by yamabushi
A small, black, box-shaped cap tied under the chin, worn by yamabushi (mountain ascetics). The word is a specialized term from Shugendō.
See also: 山伏
The yamabushi wears a tokin on his head.
A yamabushi is a practitioner of Shugendō; the tokin is the distinctive headgear they wear.
Standard kanji spelling for the yamabushi headgear.
Less common variant; 兜 suggests a helmet, but this is a small cap.
Variant kanji spelling, also used for this item.
The origin of the word ときん is uncertain. It is a specialized term for a piece of headgear in Shugendō, and the kanji 頭巾 (head cloth) and 頭襟 (head collar) are descriptive.