Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp 5 x 46 cm)

5 x 46 cm)

The piece rests on a custom iron trestle base that elevates it from the floor in the manner appropriate to gallery and residential display

It is possible that this dated back even further into the 1500's

Height =  Tansu 19

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp 5 x 46 cm)This 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