Hakekoki and chonmagegushi, Kyoto boxwood combs

Jusan-ya and Photo by Takayama Kengo, A-PROJECTS2015

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

The middle comb with teeth of different widths on the left and the right is a hakekoki and is a specialist implement for fixing men’s mage or chonmage top-knots. It is used to adjust the very top of the motodori (gathered hair). The top and bottom combs are bingushi.

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Title: Hakekoki and chonmagegushi, Kyoto boxwood combs
Creator: Jusan-ya, Photo by Takayama Kengo, A-PROJECTS
Date Created: 2015
Rights: © Jusan-ya

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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