Talk:Hanagasa Ondo

Kasa: 傘 or 笠?
There should be a correction in that "hanagasa" literally means "flower umbrella." Old Japanese unbrellas were hats. It should be changed because it is incorrectly stated as "literal."

How long have you studied Japanese? If you've studied long enough, you'd realize that "kasa" can mean a number of objects used to shade one's self from the sun or the rain. When it refers to an umbrella, the Chinese character, called "kanji" in Japanese, that will be used is 傘. Notice the name of the song is written 花笠音頭, with 笠 instead of 傘. 笠 refers to a variety of straw hats, not umbrellas. So the "hanagasa" does literally mean "flower straw hat," not "flower umbrella." Type in "花傘音頭" in any Japanese search engine and see where that takes you. And please don't forget to sign your comments by typing four tildes (~) after them, thanks. KogeJoe (talk) 02:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)