Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell commonly translated as Playing Kemari

commonly translated as Playing Kemari Ball

75" x 19" (width x height x depth)

This is a very solid jointed step-stool

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

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Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell commonly translated as Playing KemariThis 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