Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell and lacquer

and lacquer

75" x 19" (width x height x depth)

This is a very solid jointed step-stool

painting in reverse

A striking large Japanese hyōtan (瓢箪) gourd flask

Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Leaves 4" Orin Bell and lacquerThis is an antique Meiji Era (c. 1868 1912) 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