燈とう籠ろう鬢びん

noun

Edo-period hairstyle with puffed side locks; lantern sideburns

Historical term for a women's hairstyle popular in the Edo period, characterized by side locks shaped like lanterns (燈籠). The literal gloss 'lantern sideburns' reflects the shape.

• 浮うき世よ絵えには燈とう籠ろう鬢びんを結ゆった女じょ性せいがよく描えがかれている。

  Women with the tōrōbin hairstyle are often depicted in ukiyo-e prints.

• 燈とう籠ろう鬢びんは江え戸ど時じ代だい後こう期きの流りゅう行こうした髪かみ型がたの一ひとつだ。

  Tōrōbin is one of the hairstyles that became popular in the late Edo period.