桃もも割われ

noun

peach-split hairstyle; traditional Japanese hairstyle with a bun like a halved peach

A women's hairstyle popular from the late Meiji through the Taisho period, characterized by a topknot split to resemble a peach. Now mainly seen in period dramas, traditional ceremonies, or historical contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいの写しゃ真しんには、桃もも割われに結ゆった女じょ性せいが写うつっている。

  In photographs from the Meiji era, women with their hair done in the peach-split style can be seen.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで花はな嫁よめが桃もも割われを結ゆっている場ば面めんを見みた。

  I saw a scene in a period drama where a bride wore the peach-split hairstyle.