traditional married woman's hairstyle with an oval chignon on top
A classic Japanese hairstyle for married women, featuring a rounded chignon. Now mostly seen in period dramas or formal kimono settings.
Edo-period men's hairstyle with a rounded topknot
Historical term for a men's hairstyle during the Edo period. Rarely encountered outside historical contexts.
In period dramas, married women often wear the marumage hairstyle.
In photos from her youth, my grandmother is seen with her hair in a marumage.
One of the men's hairstyles in the Edo period was the marumage.
Another traditional hairstyle, often associated with unmarried women or brides, distinct from the rounded 丸髷.
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional hairstyle.
Search-only form mixing kanji and kana.
Kana spelling, useful when the kanji are obscure.
Alternate kanji spelling, less common.
From 丸 (round) + 髷 (topknot/chignon), describing the rounded shape of the hairstyle. The reading まるわげ is an older variant.