a large Japanese straw hat used by hunters and farmers. Plaited with smoked straw fibers, with a fabric chin-strap. a rare Mingei piece in fine conditions. A more elaborate hat of this kind, adorned with feathers, is illustrate in the magazine devoted to the Japanese philosopher and founder of the Mingei movement Yanagi Muneyoshi. See the illustration taken from Bessatsu Taiyō, Yanagi Muneyoshi no sekai : "Mingei" no hakken to sono shisō, Tōkyō : Heibonsha, 2006, p. 66. First half of 20th century. 63x40 cm.