Vocabulary

admonitory speech; words of admonition

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

chignon (in a Japanese hair-style)

back of the head; occiput

type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)

Edo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns

type of Japanese hairstyle for young women (late Edo period)

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense

young adult still living at home; dependent

yokohyōgo; yoko-hyogo; extravagant female hairstyle worn by oiran courtesans

obi with a different colour on each side

picture drawn on a folding screen

chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

first fish of the year

miso mixed with mustard

manually powered loom; hand loom

traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

deep forest

type of informal noh musical performance

naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

side locks

sideburns; hair at the sides of the head

bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period)

both cheeks

moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

indefinite pronoun

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in

scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

disheveled hair; dishevelled hair; unkempt hair

town girl; girl raised in a town

dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)

dance done by two persons or more

kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute