One-off Kurosawa Hat Question

[Dolores Martinez]

Hmmm.
the photos show him with various hats, including a very English bucket hat
designed to just keep the sun off.  The more peaked hat also resembles the
flat cap assumed to by worn mostly by the English working class man.  In
short, the hats seem very British to me, which is interesting.
Lola

On 6 January 2011 18:16, <mccaskem at georgetown.edu> wrote:

> Since we got into the area of clothing with respect to film, it seems an
> appropriate time to ask about Kurosawa's trademark hat. I've always
> wondered.
>
> It's sold today as the "Kurosawa Marine Cap"
>
> http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/ishiihat/91b.html
>
> But it is somewhat reminiscent of a pre-war Japanese Naval Officer's Cap
>
> http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/ishiihat/m-400.html
>
> I once attempted some research on the subject, and it seemed that,
> according to
> Japanese sources, perhaps this kind of Japanese cap was originally modeled
> after
> a cap that Prince Heinrich (brother of Wilhelm II) wore in a famous yacht
> race
> against King Edward VII. That seems arcane to me.
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prinz-Heinrich-Muetze.jpg
>
> This does not appear much different from a Greek fisherman's cap, which
> seems
> quite different from the Kurosawa Model.
>
> If someone knows the origin of the Kurosawa Hat, it would be great to find
> out
> what it really was. Was this a common cap in the old days? One does not see
> anyone wearing this kind of cap these days, though apparently you can still
> buy
> and wear one if you really wish to.
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Michael McCaskey
> GU
>
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