Kanzashi
Japanese hair ornaments, from lacquered combs to silk-flower pins, worn in traditional hairstyles.
Kanzashi are ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles, nihongami. They include lacquered combs, hairpins with dangling flowers, tortoiseshell pins and the silk-flower pins called tsumami kanzashi. Maiko, apprentice geisha in Kyoto, change their kanzashi each month to match the season: plum blossom in February, cherry blossom in April, wisteria in May. Simpler kanzashi are worn with yukata in summer.