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若衆髷とは元服前の少年の髪型で前髪があるのが特徴(頭頂部の月代のみ剃っている)。男色趣味相手の若衆は元服の歳(十五歳くらい)になってもこの髷を結っていました。自分なりに調べて江戸若衆髷の遍歴図を描いてみる。
<i>Wakashumage</i> is a hairstyle worn by boys before coming of age, characterized by having bangs (only the top of the head is shaved). Young men who engaged in homosexual activities continued to wear this topknot even when they reached the age of coming of age (around 15 years old). I'll do some research and draw a picture of the history of Edo wakashumage.
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