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Source: http://nihongami.blogspot.com/2023/11/blog-post_22.html

Nihongami: Historical Overview - Part 01B

Historical Time Period: Nara Period (710-794 CE)

Hairstyle Name: Zujouni Motodori (頭上二髻) lit. “Two Sky High Topknots"

     During the Nara period of Japanese history (710-794 CE), the ancient Japanese government was still experiencing strong Chinese and Korean influences on Japanese clothing and hairstyles. 

     This is a hairstyle found in haniwa, hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period (330-538 CE). The hair tied on top of the head is divided into two and tied into a topknot. In the Manyoshu (8th-century anthology of Japanese poetry), this hairstyle is called "角髪, Kakukami'' (lit. "antler hair") and in later generations, it was called agemaki.

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Nihongami: Historical Overview - Part 01A

Historical Time Period: Yayoi - Meiji Periods (300 BCE-1912 CE)

Hairstyle Name: Anesan-kaburi (姉さん被り) lit. “Older Sister’s Veil” OR Katsura-tsutsumi (鬘-包み) lit. “Hairpiece Bundle”

     It needs to be said that all the previous hairstyles (soukei, toujounikei, koukei, yurimage, houkei, and kankanokei) were only popular and common among the aristocrats and nobles of the Asuka and Nara periods. The non-aristocratic people of Japan often wore their hair tied back in ponytails down the center of their backs or use furoshiki clothes to create a simple turban style as shown above. This was the common hairstyles for many until the onset of the Edo period, and well into the Meiji period in some locations.