Kanzashi - Vintage Japanese women's hairpin coral ornament #3499 for sale

Up for sale is this "Kanzashi - Vintage Japanese women's hairpin coral ornament #3499" If you have any questions please contact us before buy it. No reserve.

- length: approx. 19cm (7 31/64in)

- weight: 25g

When the nation entered the Edo Period, shimada-mage, katsuyama-mage, and other intricate hairstyles began to emerge. Along with the surging popularity of mage (up style), kanzashi (ornamental hairpin) has come under the spotlight. Since the mid-Edo Period, women’s hairstyle has become increasingly complex and extravagant, and hairpins also developed in line with the trend. With many different shapes with different decoration styles, such as lacquer, gold lacquer, mother-of-pearl inlay, ivory inlay, openwork, etc. and with a variety of materials, such as ivory, tortoise shell, horse hoof, gold, silver, etc., kanzashi has earned the status of women’s essential item. In the 1700s, hairpins with earpicks attached at the end were introduced to the population. The addition of earpicks is said to have been a countermeasure against the government’s restriction on excessive luxuries. As kanzashi’s loyal fans were yujo (prostitutes), who were the fashion leaders of the time, they improvised even fancier styles where three or four earpicks are sticking out on each side of their buns.

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