Kanzashi

A modern January tsumami kanzashi worn by maiko

Kanzashi (簪^?) are hair ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles. Some believe they may also have been used for defence in an emergency.

In the English-speaking world, the term "kanzashi" is sometimes applied to the folded fabric-petal flowers that traditionally adorned tsumami kanzashi (see #Basic kanzashi below), or to the technique used to make those flowers.^[1]

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