also: ひがさ
conical hat made of hinoki cypress
A traditional Japanese hat woven from thin strips of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood, often worn by travelers or monks for sun and rain protection.
Travelers in the old days walked wearing a hinoki cypress hat.
This hinoki hat is light and resistant to rain.
Standard kanji spelling using 檜 (hinoki cypress).
Abbreviated reading ひがさ, restricted to 桧笠 and 檜笠 spellings.
Variant using the simplified form 桧 for hinoki.
Abbreviated reading ひがさ, restricted to 桧笠 and 檜笠 spellings.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
Explicit spelling including 木; rarely used.
Explicit spelling with simplified 桧 and 木; rarely used.
A compound of 檜「ひのき」 and 笠「かさ」, denoting a hat made from Japanese cypress.