What is the scientific name of the white cloth tied on the head of the Japanese army death squad?

The official name of that thing is called wiping forehead, generally known as binding forehead scarf, is the traditional Chinese male headdress. Both North Korea and Japan learned it from China, and you can see the costume movies made in South Korea, where the men usually wear a black one.

Tang Dynasty soldiers warriors generally with red forehead, Song Dynasty soldiers generally wear red forehead, the imperial class straight generally wear purple forehead, this military with the forehead is generally known as the military face forehead. "Qin Shihuang hunting to the seashore, but also the god of the sea to the court, are wearing a smear scarlet shirt large mouth hakama, as military rituals, so far not easy to its system."

White smudges are generally used for funeral rites, the last of the five suits of fine linen that is for the relatives of the deceased Department of white smudges. Soldiers with white smudges that is to express the meaning of fighting to the death with no life.

Match in the Ming and Qing Dynasties after the gradual development of women's clothing, the Qing Dynasty forced men to shave their hair and easy to serve, match from the man's head disappeared, leaving only women to wear. Dream of Red Mansions TV series that the women wear is.