Hairstyles of East Asia
30 hairstyles from East Asia on EveryHairstyle so far.
🇰🇷 South KoreaHwagwan
Elaborate Korean ceremonial coronet for womenWrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaGache
A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.Wrapped · Any hair · 1788
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJokduri
A traditional Korean silk coronet worn by women for weddings and formal events.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreDigital perm
Heat-set waves that look best when dry.Curls · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJjok
A traditional Korean bun for married women in the Joseon era.Updo · Any hair · 1724
🇯🇵 JapanBunkin takashimada
Traditional Japanese bridal updo with a high bun.Updo · Any hair · 1860
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanChapatsu
Japanese brown bleached hair styleStyled · Any hair · 1997
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJokduri
A traditional Korean silk coronet worn by women for weddings and formal events.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreDigital perm
Heat-set waves that look best when dry.Curls · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJjok
A traditional Korean bun for married women in the Joseon era.Updo · Any hair · 1724
🇯🇵 JapanBunkin takashimada
Traditional Japanese bridal updo with a high bun.Updo · Any hair · 1860
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanChapatsu
Japanese brown bleached hair styleStyled · Any hair · 1997
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gache: KIYOUNG KIM, CC BY 2.0, source
- Buyao: anonymous, Public domain, source
- Jokduri: derivative work: Caspian blue ( talk ) Korean_dance-Jinju_pogurakmu-01, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- French twist: SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chapatsu: No machine-readable author provided. Berntgrapher assumed (based on co, CC BY-SA 3.0, source