Kyara Oil - Kyara Oil

Japanese: 伽羅之油 - きゃらのあぶら

...From the Muromachi to Edo periods, high-quality detergents such as wheat flour, funori seaweed, clay, talc, mung beans, raw soybean flour, camellia oil cake, and egg whites began to be used. As hairstyles changed, thick agarwood oil came to be used to harden and give shine to topknots, and volcanic ash and lye were also used to wash it off. When soap became widespread in the Meiji period, men's hair was washed exclusively with soap, but for women with Japanese or Western hairstyles, hair washing powder mixed with white clay was used. ...

From [Hair Oil]

…Roughly speaking, there are those that give hair shine and moisture, and those that are primarily intended for styling. In traditional Japanese cosmetics, the former was Mizu-Abura, and the latter was Bintsuke-Abura, also known as Kyarano-Abura. In the modern day, the term is used in the narrow sense as hair oil or perfume, but in the broad sense it can also be used as hair cream, pomade, balm, or hair liquid. …

From [Perfume]

…It is noteworthy that it made a great contribution to the development of cosmetics during the Edo period. Among the common people, hair oils such as "Kiyara no Yu" and "Hana no Tsuyu" were used as aromatic cosmetics in an era when perfumes were not available. As time went on, new aromatic cosmetics were developed, but some of the product names remained the same. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kyara no Yu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…室町から江戸時代にかけては，洗料も小麦粉，ふのり，粘土，滑石，緑豆，生大豆粉，ツバキの油粕，卵の白身など高級なものも使われだした。髪形の変化から，髷を固め光沢を出すための固練りの伽羅之油（きやらのあぶら）などが使われるようになると，それを洗い落とすため火山灰土や灰汁（あく）も利用された。明治に入ってセッケンが一般に普及すると，男性の洗髪はもっぱらセッケンによることになるが，女性の日本髪や洋髪などには，白土（はくど）を混ぜた髪洗粉が使われた。…

【髪油】より

…大別すると，髪につやと潤いを与えるものと，整髪を主たる目的にしたものとがある。日本の伝統的化粧品のなかでは，前者には水油，後者には伽羅之油（きやらのあぶら）とよばれていた鬢付油（びんつけあぶら）があった。現代では狭義にはヘアオイル，香油であるが，広義にはヘアクリーム，ポマード，チック，ヘアリキッドなどもいう。…

【香水】より

…注目すべきは江戸時代に入り，化粧料の発達に大きく寄与したことである。庶民の間では〈伽羅（きやら）之油〉や〈花の露〉のような鬢付（びんつけ）油が，香水のなかった時代の芳香化粧品として愛用されていた。時代が下るにしたがって芳香化粧品のなかに新製品が生まれるが，商品名はそのまま受け継いでいるものがあった。…

※「伽羅之油」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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