Topknot - Chonmage

Japanese: 丁髷 - ちょんまげ

A hairstyle for men in the Edo period, in which the hair from the forehead to the top of the head is shaved into a sakayaki (topknot), and the remaining hair is tied up and laid down in front. Although there is no sakayaki (topknot), this style can be seen in sumo wrestlers today. The etymology is thought to come from the resemblance of the character ゝ (chon). Since the Meiji period, it has been called hankami (half hairstyle) in contrast to sankiri (cut), probably because it was a hairstyle in which the hair was left on the lower half of the head.

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Japanese:

江戸時代の男性髪型の一つで，額から頭頂部の髪を剃って月代 (さかやき) にし，残余の髪を束ねて前方に寝かせた髪型。月代はないが，類型は今日の力士にみることができる。語源はゝ (ちょん) の文字に似たところからと考えられている。明治以降は散切に対して，半髪とも呼ばれたが，これは頭部の下半部に髪を残した結髪であったことによるものであろう。

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