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What's the deal with hairstyles in Japan's Warring States period? Is it related to class?

Japanese Warring States period hairstyles, mainly samurai hairstyles are the most fashionable and popular, that era of reverence for martial arts martial rule. Especially the samurai worshiped the spirit of Bushido, reaching a foolish madness of foolish loyalty.

The hairstyles were related to class, and the lords and feudal families kept the samurai in captivity. Only those who practiced martial arts, who revered martial rule, could wear samurai hairstyles. Commoners, generally, had full hair. There are many styles of Japanese samurai Tsukiyo head, and each style represents a different status and status symbol that cannot be overstepped.

From the men's hairstyles in Japan during the Warring States period can be glimpsed, the class division at that time is related to the hairstyles, not everyone can stay with a samurai hairstyle, and the samurai hairstyles, but also 54 hairstyles, will not stay with full hair.

As can be seen in the samurai hairstyles of vassal families such as Tokuyasu Igawa, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Toyoshiro Jidai. During the Warring States period, it was most popular for ordinary samurai to wear a "tea-brush bun". The hairstyle was similar to a braid and resembled a tea brush used in Japanese tea utensils, hence the name "tea-brush bun".

Men in the Warring States period of Japan liked to wear a hairstyle called "Tsukiyo head," which was typical of samurai hairstyles.

The Tsukiyo hairstyle shaved all the hair on the top of the head, leaving only the sides and back, and tied the long hair at the back of the head into a bun.