Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell He raises a small kotsuzuchi

He raises a small kotsuzuchi (打ち出の小槌

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This piece is made of a single limb of a keyaki tree leaving most of the tree part in tact

The custom during the waring states and Muromachi era was to place your son

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell He raises a small kotsuzuchiThis is an antique Meiji Era (c. 1868 1912) 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