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A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers.
Antique nihongami katsura (wig) in a display case. The yuiwata hairstyle. Many hairstyles now labelled nihongami were developed during the Edo period, when a preference amongst women for long, flowing hairstyles transitioned towards more elaborate, upswept styles, featuring buns at the back of the neck and 'wings' at either side of the head.
In Edo-period Japan, adolescent boys were considered as suitable objects of erotic desire for young women, older women, and older men (as long as the latter played an active sexual role). Age was an important, but not crucial aspect of wakashū. Thus, older men could sometimes adopt the appearance and manners of wakashū. [3]
Topknot may refer to: . A hairstyle or haircut, historically prevalent in Asia: Chonmage, a traditional Japanese haircut worn by men; Sangtu (상투), a Korean topknot; Touji (頭髻), a traditional Chinese hairstyle which involves tying all hair into a bun, worn from earliest times up to the end of the Ming Dynasty and still worn by Taoist priests and practitioners
A modern tsumami kanzashi set of the type worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) for the month of January. Kanzashi are hair ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles.The term kanzashi refers to a wide variety of accessories, including long, rigid hairpins, barrettes, fabric flowers and fabric hair ties.
Bobbed hair also became more popular for Japanese women, mainly among actresses and moga, or "cut-hair girls," young Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s. [23] During this period, Western men began to wear their hair in ways popularized by movie stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Rudolph Valentino.
Japanese women in the early Meiji period were far more likely to adopt the sokuhatsu hairstyle over Western dress. [2]: 75 Around the same time, many women were starting to wear geta with trousers or kimono with Western shoes or boots. This was a period of hybridisation between Japanese and Western fashion for women and men alike. [2]: 77
Men in ancient China wore their hair in a topknot bun (Touji 頭髻); visual depictions of this can be seen on the terracotta soldiers in the Terracotta Army sculptures. They were worn until the end of the Ming Dynasty in AD 1644, after which the Qing Dynasty government forced men to adopt the Manchu queue hairstyle ( queue order ).