Chonmage

A Chonmage (Japanese丁 髷) is a traditional Japanese men's haircut. It is usually associated with the samurai. More recently, he is seen almost exclusively in sumo wrestlers.

For a Chonmage the hair must be relatively long. It is with Bintsuke, scented chamomile oil, oiled and waxed bound by a loop from washi paper, the Moto - yui, in a ponytail, which is then folded on top of the head so that there is a kind of knot. In the Edo period, the hair top of the head was usually shaved. After the Meiji Restoration, this hairstyle is no longer supported.

Sumo wrestler wearing a Chonmage haircut today, the top hair shave no more off, but thin it out occasionally to give a better grip on the underlying node. Fighters in the top two leagues, the so-called sekitori, received permission to wear a slightly modified Chonmage. The style of this hairstyle is called Oicho (Ginkgo Leaf ), with her hair are the ends of the node that Hakesaki is called semicircular spread.

Shinkai 1937 Kozo was the first Sumōkämpfer that his topknot was cut on the occasion of his resignation. Today, it is generally become a custom that one removes rikishi at her farewell from the ring ( Danpatsu - shiki ) in a public ceremony their Mage.

The uniqueness of the Chonmage makes it necessary that the Japanese Sumōverband employs specialist hairdressers who called Tokoyama (床 山).

• Hairstyle
• Costume design (Japan)
• Sumō