忍しのぶ髷わげ

noun

shinobu-wage; mid-18th century women's hairstyle with a chignon and small side rings

Historical term for a specific women's hairstyle from the mid-Edo period. The name comes from the resemblance to the 忍ぶ (shinobu) fern, with the side rings suggesting the plant's shape.

• 浮うき世よ絵えには忍しのぶ髷わげを結ゆった女じょ性せいがよく描えがかれている。

  Women with shinobu-wage hairstyles are often depicted in ukiyo-e prints.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんでは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの忍しのぶ髷わげの再さい現げん模も型けいを見みることができる。

  At this museum, you can see a reproduction model of an Edo-period shinobu-wage hairstyle.