Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell Construction: Carved and lacquered wood

Construction: Carved and lacquered wood panel in framed surround

and lacquer

He raises a small kotsuzuchi (打ち出の小槌

A striking large Japanese hyōtan (瓢箪) gourd flask

commonly translated as Playing Kemari Ball

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell Construction: Carved and lacquered woodThis 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