Tokin (Hood)

Japanese: 兜巾(頭巾) - ときん

Also written as "Toueki." A pointed circular headgear worn by ascetic monks on the forehead, it is made of lacquered cloth, wood, or resin. It is thought to have originated as a head hood for protection and protection from the cold. According to sources such as Shugen Shuyo Hiketsushu, the jeweled crown-shaped helmet hood is likened to the jeweled crown of the Five Wisdoms of Dainichi Nyorai, the black color representing worldly desires, and the folds representing the twelve causal factors, and it is said that the ordinary and the holy are one, and that the wearer is one and the same as Dainichi Nyorai and Acala. Instead of a helmet hood, some people use a jeweled crown that wraps the head in white bleached cotton and hangs on either side of the face.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

頭襟とも書く。修験者が額に付ける尖頭円型の被り物で，漆固めの布製や木製，樹脂製がある。起源は，防護･防寒用の頭巾（ずきん）らしい。《修験修要秘決集》などによれば，宝冠型の兜巾は大日如来の五智の宝冠にたとえられ，黒色は煩悩，襞（ひだ）は十二因縁を表し，凡聖不二にして，これをかぶる者は大日如来，不動明王と同体であると説く。兜巾のかわりに，白の晒（さらし）木綿で頭を包んで，先端を顔の左右に垂らす宝冠を用いる者もいる。

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