Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Sparrow & Flowers 3" Haori natsume and a drawer for

natsume and a drawer for the Chatham

In beautiful cobalt blue glaze it has traditional mountain water scenes printed around the body

This allows it to have a thinner blade that cuts more efficiently and leaves a narrower Kurf (cut width)

It would have once been used as the entry to a large stone family warehouse

well suited to the structured formality of a woven brocade decoration

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Sparrow & Flowers 3" Haori natsume and a drawer forThis is an antique late Edo Era (c. 1800 1850) Japanese hairpiece called a kushi. A Japanese comb is about much more than just styling your hair. Japanese kushi such as this one have been used since the prehistoric Jomon period. Some 400 years ago, Japan refined and transformed it into an elegant beauty accessory that became a work of art. Japanese kushi became expressions of a woman's character, social class, religion, and people could even tell what