Kazura (vine) - Kazura

Japanese: カズラ(蔓∥葛) - カズラ

A general term for vines. Examples include club vine, Japanese vine, honeysuckle, and Japanese honeysuckle. In ancient times, vines were tied or wrapped around hair as head decorations, and were called wigs. It is said that vines came to be called "kazura" for this reason. "Kazura" is an abbreviation of "kamitsura," which is an old name for "vine." It seems that the name "tsura" comes from the long strings of vines. However, later on, not only vines but also plants such as willows, tachibana, cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, lilies, irises, purple grass, rice, and algae were used to make wigs.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

つる草の総称。ヒカゲノカズラ，テイカカズラ，スイカズラ，サネカズラなどはその例である。上代つる草を髪に結んだり，巻きつけたりして頭の飾りとし，これを鬘（かずら）といった。そのためつる草を〈かずら〉と称するようになったという。鬘は〈髪つら〉の略，〈髪つら〉の〈つら〉は〈つる〉の古名で，長く連なるので〈つら〉といったものらしい。ただし，のちにはつる草に限らず，ヤナギ，タチバナ，サクラ，ウメ，ユリ，ショウブ，ムラサキグサ，イネ，藻などの植物も鬘に用いられた。

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