Tobacco tray - Tobacco tray

Japanese: おたばこ盆 - おたばこぼん
Tobacco tray - Tobacco tray

...A hairstyle in which the hair is shaved and partly left unkempt has been popular since the early modern period, mainly for young boys, and has names such as keshibou, gonbe (Gonbei), and bon no kubo (Bon no kubo). From the late Edo period to the Meiji period, girls wore topknots when they reached teenage years, and had different styles of hair depending on their age, such as otoba bon, momoware, yuiwata, and shimada, until they got married. [Hashimoto Sumiko]
[After the Meiji Period]
The "haircut and sword removal order" of 1871 (Meiji 4) was issued for diplomatic purposes, as the traditional topknot worn by ordinary men was preventing Japan from interacting on an equal footing with foreign nations, but it was generally seen as a "symbol of modernization and enlightenment."

*Some of the terminology that refers to "tobacco tray" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…幼児のおもに男子の髪形に,髪を剃り落とし,部分的に髪を残した髪形が近世より流行し,芥子坊(けしぼう),ごんべ(権兵衛),ぼんのくぼ(盆の窪)などの名がある。江戸後期から明治にかけて,女子は少女期になると,髷をつけ,おたばこ盆,桃割(ももわれ),結綿(ゆいわた),島田と,嫁入前まで年齢に応じて結い分けられていた。【橋本 澄子】
[明治以降]
 1871年(明治4)の〈散髪脱刀令〉は,従来の一般男子の丁髷(ちよんまげ)が外国と対等に付合いをする支障になるからという,外交上の目的から発せられたが,一般には〈文明開化のシンボル〉として受け取られていた。…

※「おたばこ盆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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