Ofuku hairdo is the famous Japanese hairstyle. Ofuku hairdo is also called as split peach and momoware hairstyle. Ofuku hairstyle is used for the long hairs. In the ofuku hairstyle the large amount of decorations is required which give pleasant looking. Ofuku is beautiful hairstyle and decorated with interesting variety of kanzashi. The twist is split and red fabric natural fiber in the center. The tegarami is triangular shape which is pinned to the underneath of the mage and ofuku hair style is conventional hair style.
Ofuku hair style is famous from its distinct look, in the ofuku a toned down form with the knot worn lower which signified the maiko's loss of virginity. Ofuku hairstyle is diffucult to achieve and this hairstyle is look good on special event.
Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese to win the nobel prize (1968) once wrote "If for no other reason than to preserve traditional hairstyles, the geisha's existance is vital. I wonder how and when these hairstyles developed.""Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat about the same way as men in the west feel about a woman's legs. This is why geisha wear the collars of their kimono so low in the back...I suppose that its like a woman in Paris wearing a short skirt." Sayuri, in 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Aurthur Golden.
more about ofuku hairstyle
No comments:
Post a Comment