Umbrella

An umbrella is a hand tool that is used to stop rain from falling on a person. It is also used to make shade and protect people from sunlight. An umbrella made for protection from the sunlight is called a parasol. And a plastic umbrella is cheap but it is fragile.

An umbrella.
Painting of people with umbrellas.
A man sitting under beach parasol.
Painting of a woman with a parasol.

Umbrella Media

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Woman holding an umbrella at Zenkō-ji, Nagano, Japan
Parts of an umbrella
Relief of an Egyptian parasol. These were used as sunshade and fan alike (flabellum).
Bas-relief of the Persian king Xerxes I (485–465 BC) at Persepolis
A Terracotta Army carriage with an umbrella securely fixed to the side, from Qin Shihuang's tomb, c. 210 BC
A Japanese oil-paper parasol for Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto
Woman holding an umbrella Gupta Empire AD 320
Ancient Greek pottery from ca. 440 BC
Etruscan drinking cup from Chiusi, Italy, 350–300 BC
A stream of people and umbrellas inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace on a rainy autumn day

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