Wild geese - I want to be wild

Japanese: 雁額 - かりがねびたい
Wild geese - I want to be wild

...As a result of applying makeup in this way, various types of makeup are created, such as a large forehead, a small forehead, a round forehead with a round hairline, a kato forehead that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom like a bisque kato, and a suriage forehead. A kato forehead is a type of forehead that looks like a Fuji forehead, and when the point at the hairline droops like a cape and resembles the shape of a flying wild goose, it is called a kariganebitai (wild goose forehead). The wild goose, called one point in English, was noticed by people in Western Europe and was thought to be a characteristic of Japanese or Chinese people, but there are no geese in the picture scrolls of court tales or in Noh masks...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Karunaka" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした際化粧の結果,大額,小額,生え際の丸い丸額,素焼の火灯のように上が狭く下が広い火灯額,すりあげ額などができあがる。火灯額は富士額のことで,さらに髪際点が岬状に下がって雁の飛ぶ姿に似たのを雁額(かりがねびたい)と言う。英語でone pointと称される雁は西欧の人々に注目され,日本人や中国人の特徴と思われたが,王朝物語絵巻などや能面には雁はない。…

※「雁額」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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