Samurai Chonmage

[Alex A]

For those that have ever wondered about the reason (?) for the hairstyle, that became popular for Samurai and non-Samurai.

 

Never really thought about it, had the NHK series on record and it just popped up.

 

Appears full series here, 

 

SAMURAI CHONMAGE TRUTH - Time and Tide | NHK WORLD-Japan

[kissakai]

Fascinating - thanks

The reasoning behind this style is well portrayed and to see how styles showed status.

From the beginning to the current day Sumo