Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs The motto De oppresso liber

The motto De oppresso liber is present within the insignia as well

which look to be from some type of theater or costume supply

marked either 6 ½" or 6 ⅝"

This is a collector's dream

Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs The motto De oppresso liberOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ( "camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by