烏帽子えぼし

noun

eboshi; black-lacquered court cap

Historical term for a formal cap originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, made of silk, cloth, or paper and coated with black lacquer. Still seen in traditional ceremonies and period dramas.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、貴き族ぞくが烏帽子えぼしをかぶっている。

  In period dramas, nobles wear eboshi caps.

• 烏帽子えぼしは平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう廷てい装しょう束ぞくの一いち部ぶだった。

  The eboshi was part of the court attire in the Heian period.