Oriental Evil

This Hat as the look of a Mongolian hat but is a medieval European hat.

This is felt hat I believe copied from a woodcut of the period

Now many images of Mongolian hats can also be very similar to this and they would also wear a hat made of felt, it perhaps decorated with trims and maybe beads. The Mongolian did invade Europe in the 13th century so who knows perhaps ideas got swapped.

Dragon Hat

This hat is sold as a Qing Dynasty Chinese Landlord Hat also a Dragon Cap

Hat wearing in China as mentioned in previous posts was an important part of China's ancient costume code.

As part of the code when a man reached the age of 20 he began wearing a cap, this included in a ceremony called the "Guanli" (The Ceremony of the Cap) which indicated he had grown up.

The rules on cap wearing did change between dynasty's and so did the definition of what was a cap as opposed to head covering like the bamboo hat.

Caps also had social status, the poor in some dynasties were not allowed to wear caps

in other news
Although this is my 210th post THIS IS THE 200th unique hat or other headgear I've blogged about

Oriental War Hat

This metal conical hat or Jingasa is a mix of fantasy and fact.

The feudal Japanese foot soldiers wore for battle what is called a Jingasa.

Jingasa can be many shapes including conical and are made from many different materials iron, copper, wood, paper, bamboo, or leather, some were conical, some more curved.

This Jingasa, in this case, is not made from any of the material of feudal Japan as its a repurposed spun aluminium cone.

Sprayed and decorated with strips of cloth.

Emperors Hat

Coronet, worn by emperors of the Han Dynasty.

This hat was worn by both emperors and empresses and actually 

I have listed this hat a from Han dynasty period but it continued on into later dynasties as well.

The Han Dynasty ran from 206 BC to 220 AD and is considered a golden age of China, it started Hanfu a written dress code which included hats, headwear and hairstyles.

This similar to the hat I previously blogged about is part of a wedding costume and made of mixture cardboard tube and shiny fabric and beads.

Qing dynasty Hat

This is a reproduction of Chinese Qing dynasty Emperors hat

The hat is seen in a painting of Kangxi Emperor in court dress wearing his dragon robes.

The Qing Dynasty ran from 1636 (or 1644 depending on what you count as the start) to 1912.

This hat is actually part of a wedding costume.

The hat is made from mixture cardboard, felt, shiny fabric, beads and what look like Christmas baubles

Party Fu

This is another Chinese novelty hat.

Looking through the odd hat book or two and websites, I can't really find anything historically like this.

The best I can come up with is novelty costume makers mixed Asian conical rice paddy hat with some oriental looking fabric and inventy this themselves. 

I as always may be proved wrong

Can be found Amazon, E-Bay and many other places for about £5 just search for Chinese hat

Way of the Dragon

Yet another oriental novelty hat

I now have 4 of these hats in different colours, they are all basically the same pattern, even the badge is the same symbol.

This style of hat I believe originates from the Chinese Qing Dynasty.

The best thing about these hats is they are cheap.

Dome Shaped Bamboo Hat

This hat was from a stall at Chatsworth Country Fair selling items mostly made of hemp, however, it did also include other items, such as this bamboo hat.