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Edo Hairstyles by https://www.deviantart.com/lilsuika on @DeviantArt Japanese Hairstyle Traditional, Japan Hairstyle, Japanese Hairstyles, Japanese Edo Period, Japanese Traditional Clothing, Taisho Era, Edo Era, Traditional Hairstyle, Japanese Hairstyle

Description A few studies of Edo hair fashion. --- NOTES from Kimono by Liza Dalby: “In the sixteenth century, the nobility ceased to be the sole source of fashion inspiration. Playgirls (asobime) – multitalented, trendy ladies who led rather public lives (sometimes glossed as ‘courtesans’) – wore their kosode belted with long tasseled silk cords. The cords, called Nogoya obi, were woven according to a style then popular in China, roped about the hips six or seven times, and tied in a…

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Edo Era Daughter of a Townhouse 1920s by Blue Ruin1, via Flickr  (People interested in old Japanes fashion should check out the rest of Blue Ruin 1's Flickr; it's amazing.) Library Japan, Japanese Clothing Traditional, Edo Japan, Edo Period Japan, Matsuri Festival, Japanese Edo Period, Japan Geisha, Kimono Traditional, Japanese Costume

Naomi no Kimono Asobi has valiantly translated the caption to find that it translates as follows: "Edo Age - Kyoto woman dressed in fine clothes, younger daughter of townhouse." So, this is in fact a re-enactment of earlier dress of the merchant classes, probably for the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages). "The Machiya of Kyoto are traditional Townhouses dating from the Edo period (1603–1867). Born out of the city’s growing merchant class, they functioned as both residences and workspaces…

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