Crown (crown) - Oukan

Japanese: 王冠(冠) - おうかん
Crown (crown) - Oukan

… In the Nara period, the crown was made of silk for those of the fifth rank or higher, and silk for those below, but later the silk was replaced by a patterned crown of twill weave, while the plain crown was worn with formal attire or for those of the sixth rank or lower.
[Crown of Europe]
The custom of kings, priests, and soldiers wearing crowns has been seen since ancient times, and particularly elaborate crowns were used in ancient Egypt. The origin of the modern crown that indicates royalty is not the Greek or Roman crowns made of flowers or leaves, but a richly embroidered band of silk or linen that was introduced from the Orient, and in Europe it was Alexander the Great who first adopted the crown worn by Persian kings.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "crown" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… なお冠地は奈良朝以来,五位以上は羅,以下は縵(きぬ)製であったが,羅は後に紋織の綾の有文の冠となり,これに対して無文の冠は重服のときや,六位以下の者の冠となった。礼服(らいふく)【日野西 資孝】
【ヨーロッパの王冠】
 国王,聖職者,軍人などが冠をかむる風習は古くからみられ,とくに王冠は古代エジプトで精巧なものが用いられていた。近代の王位を示す王冠の起源はギリシア,ローマの花や葉で編んだ冠でなく,東洋から伝わった絹または亜麻布に豊富な刺繡をしたバンドで,ヨーロッパではアレクサンドロス大王がペルシア王の用いていたのを採用したのがはじめであった。…

※「王冠(冠)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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