Japanese noble women in the seventh century A.D. wore their hair very high and boxy at the front, with a sickle-shaped ponytail at the back.
This hair-style, known as kepatsu, was inspired by Chinese fashions of the time.
The illustration is from a wall mural in the Takamatsu Zuka Kofun, or Tall Pine Ancient Burial Mound, in Asuka, Japan.
