Featured Vintage Indigo Japanese Hapi Coat-Translation Help ?

Hello All-Here's an old indigo Japanese Hapi Coat we picked up.Just wondered if anyone out there could translate the graphics for us ?
Thanks all !

 

Nice find, never heard of them before. Very cool looking. Looks good honest wear/age on the denim.

What are they like Japanese chore /work wear ?

 

The unmarked ones (at least denim i think) were prob work/chore wear.This one was prob worn in a parade or festival (30's-50's ?).
PS-This one actually fits me (5'10" 180 Lbs),must have been an X-Lg for a Japanese ! Might just keep it to drink my Matcha in (or smoke my new non-tobacco pipe).

 

It’s very cool!

 

(or smoke my new non-tobacco pipe).

Lol

 

It's actually very soft,almost silky,the way much used denim jeans get.A fairly thick weight cloth.

 

Well you will look like a boss wearing it!

 

Yes Boland-San,it should dance pleasingly with my helm !

 

All I want is to see that magnificent monstrosity on your head...or at dead minimum in a great deal more detail an' better light. I'll wait right here...

 

Whit-I wish i owned it,but alas,just a cowardly 'screen-grab' to spunk up my little story.

 

Oh. Sigh! Dang...

 

Double-dang !...course i could show the helmet pic to my wife & beg.'Honey,this lovely horned skull would harmonize beautifully w/ our MCM Japanese furniture,and how about this fetching Conan Axe ?'.

 

Hi @bosko69 - I think you're right, it looks like it may be a work coat and on the lapels appears to read: 熊谷建設 / Kumagai Construction

(I'm not sure what the graphics on the back / interior translate to, was only able to auto-translate the lapels)

There is a large Japanese construction company by that name, maybe one of their vintage coats?

https://www.kumagaigumi.co.jp/index.html

 

By golly...I think you've got something there!

 

I can't find any photos of these guys wearing happy coats.

 

Japanese "Hapi Coat" translates into American English as "Sweaty Tee Shirt"!

 

Now these 1870's Hipsters are goin' with the Meiji flow.

 

These folks worked for a company that 'polished and sold rice'-

 

Pair of remarkable pics, bosco!

 

Thanks amigo !
I was working stiff for a fair amount of years-but i wonder what it would've been like to be a 'rice polisher' for 30-40 years !
I'll have to Wiki 'Happi Coats' & see how far back various iterations of this garment goes.It's extremely silky soft indigo denim-like old jeans,mighty comfy.