Yamabushi
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Yamabushi are Japanese mountain ascetic hermits. They are generally part of the syncretic shugendō religion, which includes Tantric Buddhism and Shinto.
Appearance of the Yamabushi. They wear yuigesa, kyahan, and tokin. They hold a shakujō in their hands, and blow the horagai to prevent evil spirits.
Tokin (headwear)
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The tokin is a small, black, box-shaped hat traditional to Japan, which yamabushi of shugendō wear on their foreheads. The tokin has been worn since the Kamakura period or the Muromachi period.
Yamabushi
…Kyahan (脚絆), sandals made from straw Tokin (頭巾) which is a small hat-like adornment worn at the front of the head Shakujō (錫杖), a metal rod, held in their hands…
Statue of a karasu-tengu as a yamabushi wearing a tokin