Some court women in the late Edo Period wore an elegant and simple hairstyle, much less complicated than the fashions of the previous two centuries.
The front hair was pulled back and up, and tied with a ribbon. Another ribbon securing the long hair behind the back.
This particular fashion would continue to be worn through the early twentieth century, when western-style hairdos became fashionable. By the 1920s, many Japanese women had adopted the flapper-style bob!
