legendary-scholar:

Mino (straw cape), traditional straw raincoat, Japan
A “mino” is a traditional Japanese garment, a raincoat made out of straw. Traditional mino are an article of outerwear covering the entire body, although shorter ones resembling grass skirts were also historically used to cover the lower body alone. Those were made without a hood.
Similar straw capes were also used in China, Vietnam and Korea.
This coat is handwoven from rice straw and was worn by farmers in their daily outdoor work duties in bad weather. Similar coats were worn by the Samurai, although these were usually more ornate. Images of Samurai mino are frequently depicted in woodblock prints.
Rice straw has water repellent properties. Raindrops striking a mat of straw will tend to flow along the fibers of the mat, rather than penetrate underneath it. For this reason, early Japanese rain gear was often made of straw, which has the added benefits of being cheap to acquire, easy to weave and fasten, and light in weight. It is, however, bulky in size, and highly flammable. In earlier eras, straw clothing had an additional advantage: it afforded a significant degree of camouflage in certain terrain, including forests and wetlands, similar to modern ghillie suits.

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