JAPANESE HAIRDRESSERS.
The professional.coiffeur for men is a much older occupation in Japan than that for women. There are records as far back as the thirteenth century of ma'e haird-'fssers for men; for the samurai especially were very particular as to how the hair was done up, though as a profession the samurai was of somewhat later growth. It may be sn'd however, that during the later ToVusaw* days the men appear to have appreciated in their wives and daughters tta 9ame careful attention to style of hair as was observable among their lordly selves. It is not without some significance that the first nrcfeaslonal h!tlr-dres?er for worr.on *'as a man.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 264, 3 April 1917, Page 4
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111JAPANESE HAIRDRESSERS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 264, 3 April 1917, Page 4
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