kamiyui

[2] But the skill of the kamiyui has made it tractable to every aesthetic whim.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The hairdresser (kamiyui) first sends her maiden apprentice, who cleans the hair, washes it, perfumes it, and combs it with extraordinary combs of at least five different kinds.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The hairdressers (kamiyui) go from house to house to exercise their calling, visiting their clients upon fixed days at certain regular hours.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

It shrank away as swiftly as a bat flies, but not before he had been able to recognize the face of the kamiyui.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The family kamiyui, O-Koto-San, the most skilful of her craft in Izumo, is a little woman of about thirty, still quite attractive.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The kamiyui also brings razors with her; for the Japanese girl is shaved -- cheeks, ears, brows, chin, even nose!

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877