noun
paper umbrella with a bull's-eye design
A traditional Japanese oil-paper umbrella with a distinctive concentric ring pattern resembling a snake's eye. Often seen in period settings or ukiyo-e.
時代劇では、よく蛇の目傘をさした女性が登場する。
In period dramas, a woman holding a snake-eye umbrella often appears.
浮世絵に描かれた蛇の目傘は、雨の日の風
The snake-eye umbrella depicted in ukiyo-e evokes the atmosphere of a rainy day.
番傘 is a sturdy, plain oil-paper umbrella, whereas 蛇の目傘 is characterized by its decorative concentric rings.
Compound of 蛇の目 (janome, 'snake's eye', referring to the concentric ring pattern) and 傘 (kasa, 'umbrella'). The pattern resembles the eye of a snake.