Antique Japanese Bira-Kanzashi Geisha Style Hairpiece Silver Fan Paulownia Tassels 7" Tsukue The lidded top swings open

The lidded top swings open to reveal the area where the ink stone was once housed

Igawa Sengai contributed multiple designs

Japanese woodblock - Tsukasa Yoshida b

the revered Six Dynasties landscape poet

the whole carried by a boldly modeled bamboo-node handle (take-gata

Antique Japanese Bira-Kanzashi Geisha Style Hairpiece Silver Fan Paulownia Tassels 7" Tsukue The lidded top swings openThis is a vintage Japanese kanzashi (hairpiece). This one is in the shape of a circle with a peony flower engraved in the center and appears to be made of stainless steel. The tassels called bira bira are connected by rings. A Japanese comb is about much more than just styling your hair. Some 400 years ago, Japan took the simple comb and transformed it into an elegant beauty accessory that became a work of art. Japanese kushi (combs) and kanzashi