Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp The piece rests on a

The piece rests on a custom iron trestle base that elevates it from the floor in the manner appropriate to gallery and residential display

5 x 46 cm)

This chest has can be easily used stacked or separated for side by side use or even as two bedside pieces

It is possible that this dated back even further into the 1500's

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Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp The piece rests on aThis 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