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Gappa
Jan 13, 2017 1:19:55 GMT -5
Post by glenn on Jan 13, 2017 1:19:55 GMT -5
Traveler's cloak. What are they made of? Reading through the archives, a discussion of Edo sumptuary laws seemed to imply they were made of cotton. If so, how were they waterproofed? Second, are they SCA period? I suspect the name, gappa, might derive from the Portuguese cabo, for cape. But I'm not a linguist and know next to nothing of Japanese, aside from the obvious that some words are borrowed.
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Gappa
Jan 13, 2017 20:02:52 GMT -5
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Post by Please Delete on Jan 13, 2017 20:02:52 GMT -5
A "kappa" (合羽) does come from the European cape, but as a Japanese garment I don't know that I've really seen it until the Edo period, though I do find some claims that they were around from the late Muromachi (i.e. Sengoku) Period. There are jinbaori that are like European capes, and I suspect that the earliest ones were just that. A quick search confirms what I figured: the cotton (or even paper) seems to have been oiled, which would make it waterproof. I suspect this was similar to what they did for paper umbrellas.
It does appear that cotton was used particularly in the Edo period. Earlier versions (likely the imported European capes) appear to have been wool.
-Ii
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glenn
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Jan 13, 2017 21:00:42 GMT -5
Post by glenn on Jan 13, 2017 21:00:42 GMT -5
Thanks, so similar to oilcloth; provenance still questionable.
-- Halfdan
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