Hairpin - Kanzashi

Japanese: 簪 - かんざし

A type of hair ornament. In the Asuka and Nara periods, noblewomen in formal attire would wear a hokei topknot decorated with metal or jeweled hairpins, and there are still some that have been preserved from the Horyuji Temple. After the second half of the 9th century during the Heian period, women began to wear their hair hanging down, and no development of hair ornaments was seen. In the mid-Edo period and into the 17th century, various topknots appeared, and as the front hair, sideburns, and topknots changed, silver plum branches, family crests, and hairpins with earpicks appeared. At first, they were very simple, but they developed into swaying "frilled hairpins" decorated with animals and other motifs. Materials used included silver, gold, tortoiseshell, glass, and copper, and from the Showa period onwards, platinum, rubber, celluloid, and plastic were used.

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Japanese:

髪飾りの一種。古くは飛鳥・奈良時代の貴婦人の礼装時の宝髻 (ほうけい) に金属や玉類の簪が飾られ，法隆寺伝来のものが残っている。平安時代の9世紀後半以降，女性の髪が垂髪となってからは髪飾りの発達はみられなかった。江戸時代中期，17世紀に入って髪型にさまざまな髷 (まげ) を生じ，前髪，鬢 (びん) ，髱 (たぼ) の変化につれて銀製の梅の枝や定紋，耳かきつきの簪などの出現となった。最初はきわめて簡単なものであったが，動物などをあしらった揺れ動く「びらびら簪」へと発展した。材料も銀，金，鼈甲 (べっこう) ，ギヤマン (ガラス) ，赤銅を使用し，昭和に入ってからはプラチナ，ゴム，セルロイド，プラスチックなどが用いられた。

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