潰つぶし島しま田だ

noun

crushed shimada hairstyle

A flattened variation of the shimada hairstyle worn by women in the Edo period. The term is historical and rarely used outside of period descriptions.

See also: 島田髷

• 浮うき世よ絵えには潰つぶし島しま田だを結ゆった女じょ性せいが描えがかれている。

  Women wearing the crushed shimada hairstyle are depicted in ukiyo-e prints.