File talk:Meiji tenno3.jpg

Latest comment: 6 years ago by 108.34.201.56

Umm... Is that his hair?

i'm not sure, but i would also like to know. can anyone with that information post the answer here please. SouTHCoasteR (talk) 00:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

If you look closely at the sides of his head, you can see straps of some kind... maybe to hold up that colossal thing. If it is his hair, then how would it stay up? I doubt hair gel was around in those days, at least in the kind of strength this fellow would need. (99.245.138.157 (talk) 05:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC))Reply

It's not hair, but a type of crown or hat associated with nobles, especially in East Asia. Similar official headwears can be found in ancient China.--141.213.196.173 (talk) 05:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

It's a kanmuri, part of sokutai.
Just a very prodigious one. 108.34.201.56 (talk) 17:43, 7 September 2017 (UTC)Reply