Just a quick question, most Japanese headwear, from the Edo period and before, that isn't ceremonial, military, or fashionable, seems to be most concerned with keeping sun and rain off the wearer. What about cold? We all know that Japan, even parts that aren't Hokkaido, can get damn cold in the winter. So where are the winter hats? The only hats I've seen from the pre-Meiji era and before, even in drawings, that cover the sides and back of the head are helmets. What gives? Did they have something I've missed? Did they just suck it up? Or were their cold weather hats made out of materials that didn't preserve well and considered too banal to be worth depicting or writing about?
Thanks in advance!
While I'm also not so sure how well the traditional Japanese hats can stand against the cold weather, my following answer to relevant question at least includes some contemporary illustrations of winter wears in snowy region in Japan: Edo Japan is often shown in media as a land of cherry blossoms and stark white winters. What clothing would the average person living in a snowy region wear, particularly on their hands and feet?