There were the following stereotypes: a man without wearing Hondamage would be received coolly in the Yoshiwara red light district; a young master of a large merchant house should wear Hondamage. |
本多髷でなければ吉原遊郭では相手にされない、大店の若旦那といえば本多髷を結うものというようなステレオタイプまで存在した。 |