Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Panenquin Cart 3" POSIM made from richly grained keyaki

made from richly grained keyaki (Japanese zelkova)

lustrous wood highlights and frames whatever is placed upon it

the carving and inside of the zushi is fully gilded

The alternation of these two aesthetic registers — the subdued literati landscape and the vibrant floral — is a sophisticated compositional strategy characteristic of quality Meiji Kutani

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Panenquin Cart 3" POSIM made from richly grained keyakiThis is an antique late Edo Era (c. 1800 1850) Japanese hairpiece called a kushi. A Japanese comb is about much more than just styling your hair. Japanese kushi such as this one have been used since the prehistoric Jomon period. Some 400 years ago, Japan refined and transformed it into an elegant beauty accessory that became a work of art. Japanese kushi became expressions of a woman's character, social class, religion, and people could even tell what