#chigomage

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Source: http://nihongami.blogspot.com/2018/08/1.html

Japanese Hairstyles: Historical Overview Part 02: Women’s Hairstyles of the Edo Period, Part 02

Hairstyle Name: Chigo-mage (稚児髷) lit. “Child’s Topknot”

   This hairstyle was worn by young and unmarried women, but especially the young children of samurai. It emerged in the Kansai area and was especially popular in Osaka and Kyoto. This hairstyle would later become the model for the hairstyle now iconic of junior maiko of Kyoto’s hanamachi, the wareshinobu.

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May 2018: Minarai Makoto of Pontocho on her way to an engagement through one of Pontocho’s signature small alleyways.

Her professional name, okiya affilation and the date of Misedashi still aren’t known. She’s also still wearing the interesting chigomage hairstyle.

Source: Rusty Shackleford on Instagram