Hanging ornament (hair ornament) - Kakemono

…In the early modern period, when women began to wear their hair in topknots rather than hanging it down, hair accessories developed dramatically and came in a wide variety. In the Edo period, in addition to combs, hairpins, and hair ornaments, kakemono (hand-attached ornaments), takenaga (long-legged ornaments), and negake (root-attached ornaments), were used. Kakemono, along with motoyui (hair ties), were hair accessories used in the so-called Nihongami hairstyle. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "kakemono (hair ornaments)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近世，女子が下げ髪から髷を結うようになると，髪飾は飛躍的に発達し，多種多様なものがでてきた。江戸時代には，櫛，簪，笄のほか，掛物といわれる手絡（てがら），丈長（たけなが），根掛（ねがけ）などが用いられた。掛物は元結と共に，いわゆる日本髪に使われる髪飾である。…

※「掛物（髪飾）」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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