#bunkin takashimada

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Hey, sorry to bother you but can you make more head cannons with Arata U please. 🥺

Can you right about a wedding or engagement?

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon ~Marriage~

Manga/anime: Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon

Warnings: nothing

U. Arata

Know you're truly a special person if he has decided to dedicate his entire life to you forever

It'll probably be several years of engagement before he proposes to you and, speaking of that, his proposal will be done in an absolutely traditional way: after having had the approval of his grandfather, he'll go to your parents to personally ask them for your hand; after their blessing, he'll take you on a date, which will end in the garden of his -and soon also yours- villa, where he'll kneel down, gently taking your hand and asking you to be his wife

Your wedding will also be totally traditional: he'll wear the typical male wedding attire while you'll wear a Shiromuku with a Wataboushi on your hair; the ritual will be the Shinzenshiki one, and it'll be quite limited and reserved

Your marital relationship will be... interesting: his work forces him to be away from home, so unfortunately you two will only see each other early in the morning and in the evening for dinner; furthermore, you'll have to accept his very rigid behavior towards you, since he isn't very good at showing his true feelings and the strong affection he has for you, and his great devotion to Miyo, probably even greater than the one he has for you. However, you must not think he doesn't love you: he loves you very much, and taking care of Miyo is only his duty as a member of the Usuba family

I think he doesn't want to have children but, if you do, he'll be willing to have one (or two, if you look at him with puppy eyes)

If you didn't know, the Shinzenshiki is the Shinto wedding ceremony.

It begins with a small procession led by the bride and groom and followed by their closest relatives that begins outside the shrine. The group passes the Torii (the portal of the Shinto Temple) bowing and then performs ablutions to purify themselves before the start of the ritual; it isn't uncommon for this small procession to be accompanied by traditional Gagaku Music.

Then, the spouses and relatives are accompanied by the priest inside the room containing the altar and the tabernacle of the deity and, once everyone has taken their seats, making sure the bride's relatives are all seated on the left and the groom's relatives on the right, the priest carries out another purification ritual by waving branches of Japanese camellia or garlands of paper.

After that, the prayer begins and, after some invocations to the gods, the spouses can exchange cups filled with Sake of various sizes three times. This gesture, called San-San-Kudo, is the most important moment of the ceremony because it symbolizes the couple's union. It's followed by the exchange of rings, the wedding oath and the offering of a ritual sprig for the deities by the spouses.

After a dance by the Miko priestesses (the young women who work at the Shinto Temples), the ceremony ends with a toast for all participants.

Instead, regarding traditional clothes, the groom wears a Hakama (a kimono with a sort of trousers also used in kendou) and a very elegant Haori overcoat, both in dark colours; the bride wears a totally white formal dress called Shiromuku, and her hair is styled in the Bunkin Takashimada style, and on which two different types of white fabric headdresses can be found: the Tsunokakushi (the traditional Japanese headdress, consisting of a rectangular piece of white silk, which encircles the bride's head, traditionally worn to hide the horns of the bride's jealousy, as well as dampening her ego and selfishness, and which also symbolizes the bride's determination to become a sweet and obedient wife) or the Wataboushi (a sort of large and puffy hood, which covers the bride's head and hides the Tsunokakushi, usually made of white silk).

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Traditional bride white kimono attire (shiromuku), by Sai kimono. 

The model natural hair is styled in formal bunkin takashimada (usually nowadays, most brides chose to wear wigs). You can also see here the two kind of “veils”, the wataboshi (half moon shaped cotton hood) and tsunokakushi (”horn covering” cotton band)

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Source: http://nihongami.blogspot.com/2018/05/blog-post_23.html

Japanese Hairstyles: Historical Overview Part 02: Women’s Hairstyles of the Edo Period, Part 03

Hairstyle Name: Odori no Kai-you Taka-Shimada (踊りの会用高島田) lit. “Dance Party High Rice Paddy Island”

     This is a Shimada topknot with a high base for the knot. The form of this hairstyle is nearly identical in the Bunkin-Taka-Shimada, Hariuchichi, and Yakko-Shimada styles. It seems to have occurred in various forms since the mid-Edo period. Its elegance and dignity of form makes it one of the favorite styles of the upper classes, especially the samurai class, by the late Edo period. This is now widely used by traditional brides during the wedding ceremony.

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Today’s Paper Doll Is: A Japanese Bride

“This modern-day Japanese wedding dress is based on a traditional style. The bride wears two kimonos during the wedding--this one is the outer kimono, or uchikake, made of gorgeously brocaded silk. This kimono is first crafted and then painstakingly printed so that its seams will not interfere with the pattern of the print. Bright red is believed to ward off evil spirits. The bride’s traditional hairstyle--bunkin-takashimada-- is adorned with ornaments (kanzashi), combs, and other accessories (her open fan indicates her happiness). Under the uchikake she wears a white kimono called a shiro-maku, which indicates her purity and peaceful nature. A white obi (wide sash) is worn with this kimono. With the shiro-maku she wears a circular hood called a tsuno-kakushi.”

[thekimonogallery]

Kamikata "New Family" February 1918 (Hairstyles popular in Osaka) 1. Round 2. Bunka 3. High mage In the Taisho era, hair bundles were popular, but the mainstream hairstyle was Japanese hair, and it was common sense to tie Japanese hair at ceremonial occasions and daily events. Married person is "Maru", 14.5 year old daughter is "Momowari", "Puffy sparrow", "Tangjin", 18.9 year old woman is "Yu cotton", unmarried woman is "Shimada", bride is "Bunkin Takashimada", geisha Was arranging her hairstyle with the ties of "Geisha Shimada", "Mushing Shimada", and "Throwing Shimada".

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Source: https://nihongami.blogspot.com/

Japanese Hairstyles: Historical Overview Part 02: Women’s Hairstyles of the Edo Period, Part 03

Hairstyle Name: Taka-Shimada (高島田) lit. “High Rice Paddy Island”

    This is a Shimada topknot with a high base for the knot. The form of this hairstyle is nearly identical in the Bunkin-Taka-Shimada, Hariuchichi, and Yakko-Shimada styles. It seems to have occurred in various forms since the mid-Edo period. It’s elegance and dignity of form makes it one of the favorite styles of the upper classes, especially the samurai class, by the late Edo period. This is now widely used by traditional brides during the wedding ceremony.