Kanzashi came into use as hair ornamentation during the Azuchi-Momoyama period when women's hairstyle gradually changed from long and straight hairstyle called 'tarekami' to various kinds of 'nihongami' (Japanese coiffure). |
安土桃山時代ごろ「垂髪(たれかみ)」と呼ばれる真直で長い髪から「日本髪(にほんがみ)」と呼ばれる様々な髪形へと髪型が変遷する際に、髪飾りとしては先ず簪が用いられた。 |