Hair ornaments - Hair ornaments

Japanese: 髪飾 - かみかざり

These are accessories worn in or around the hair to enhance the hairstyle or face, or to prevent hair from becoming messy. It is known that shell hair ornaments were used as early as the Paleolithic period. Like other accessories, they have many uses, ranging from practical purposes such as keeping warm and protecting oneself, to those that reflect religious beliefs, those that satisfy decorative or aesthetic instincts, and those that symbolize gender, status, or belonging to a group. In general, many of them are difficult to distinguish from headgear or headdresses. Headgear such as hats, hoods, and hand towels are also included in the broad definition of hair ornaments.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

髪にさしたり巻いたりして髪形や顔をひきたて，あるいは頭髪の乱れを防ぐ等の目的をもつ装身具。既に旧石器時代に貝の髪飾が使われたことが知られている。他の装身具類と同様多面的な用途をもち，保温･防備などの実用的な目的から，信仰心の反映であるもの，装飾本能や美的本能をみたすもの，そして性別，身分，集団への帰属などを象徴するものなどに分けられる。一般に，被り物や頭飾との区別がつきにくいものが多い。被り物系統の帽子，頭巾，手ぬぐいなども広義の髪飾に含まれるものである。

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