Women were allowed to show their hair before getting married in the Meiji period?

Generally speaking, the dynasties are not the same, the atmosphere is not the same, the later, the more conservative atmosphere, the more stringent requirements for women, the Ming and Qing dynasties, not only unmarried women can not show their faces, is a married woman to show their faces is also not appropriate. In addition, women can not show their faces generally only applies to the aristocracy, the family, that is, the so-called "great lady".

But for the ordinary people, there is no strict requirements, one because of the "etiquette is not inferior to the great masters" of the ancient teachings, etiquette only applies to the aristocratic family, not for the ordinary civilians (of course, the civilian must be attached to elegance and high standards of their own no one to prevent it); and secondly, because the standard of living of the civilian population is far less than that of the nobles, the female is likely to also need to make a living.