Surname

Kinugasa

Kinugasa (衣笠) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean garment + bamboo hat, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

き · ぬ · が · さ · きぬがさ
Written衣笠きぬがさgarment + bamboo hat

What Kinugasa means

衣
garment
笠
bamboo hat

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kinugasa mean garment + bamboo hat. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Kinugasa

Teinosuke Kinugasa 衣笠 貞之助Japanese film director (1896–1982)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji