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‖ katsura|katˈsura| [Jap.] A type of wig worn mainly by Japanese women.
[1894L. Hearn Glimpses Unfamiliar Japan II. xviii. 421 As soon as the girl becomes old enough to go to a female public day-school, her hair is dressed in the pretty, simple style called katsurashita.] 1908N. G. Munro Prehistoric Japan xiii. 567 The word Katsura means a vine, such as the Ainu use on certain occasions for personal decoration. In the middle ages it was applied to artificial hair, which meaning is still retained; the evidence scarcely justifies the conviction that wigs were worn by the prehistoric Yamato. 1970J. Kirkup Japan behind Fan ii. 63, I watched..a display of graceful dances by girls in kimono,..obi (belt) and black-lacquered katsura, or wig. |