shimadan.
/ʃɪˈmɑːdə/ Applied absol. and attributively to a young unmarried Japanese ladies' formal hairstyle in which the hair is drawn into a queue and fastened at the top of the head.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits
tracec1380
plight?1387
tressa1400
plexc1450
braid1530
tuck1532
buoy-rope1546
trammels1589
entrammelling1598
border1601
point1604
pleat?1606
trammelets1654
maze1657
brede1696
queue1724
pigtail?1725
tie1725
cue1731
tuck-up1749
tutulus1753
club1786
tail1799
French twist1850
Grecian plait1851
French plait1871
horse's tail1873
Gretchen braid, plait1890
shimada1910
ponytail1916
French braid1937
cane row1939
dreadlocks1960
French pleat1964
Tom Jones1964
corn row1971
dread1984
club-pigtail-
1910 J. Inouye Home Life in Tokyo ix. 113 Both the shimada and the marumage are heavy as they require false hair.
1936 K. Nohara True Face of Japan v. 173 The unmarried girl wears the shimada coiffure.
1959 R. Kirkbride Tamiko vii. 53 A Geisha girl, gorgeous in kimono and shimada hairstyle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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