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There were two other styles I was required to wear on special occasions: the yakko, for when I was in formal kimono, and the katsuyama, for one month before and after the Gion Festival in July.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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There were two other styles I was required to wear on special occasions: the yakko, for when I was in formal kimono, and the katsuyama, for one month before and after the Gion Festival in July.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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Afterwards the wife wears her hair in the styles called kumesa or maruwage, another name for which is katsuyama.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The kumesa style is not genteel, and is the coiffure of the poor; the maruwage or katsuyama is refined.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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