Editing Hairstyle (section)

===Ancient history===
In ancient civilizations, women's hair was often elaborately and carefully dressed in special ways. Women coloured their hair, curled it, and pinned it up (ponytail) in a variety of ways. For waves and curls, they used wet clay, which they dried in the sun before combing out, or they used a jelly made from [[quince]] seeds soaked in water. Additionally, various kinds of [[Hair iron|curling tongs]] and [[Hair iron|curling irons]] were popular tools for hair styling.<ref>{{cite book|last=Yarwood|first=Doreen|title=The Encyclopedia of World Costume|year=1978|publisher=Scribner|location=New York|isbn=0-517-61943-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000yarw_i6a3/page/216 216–220]|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000yarw_i6a3/page/216}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sherrow|first=Victoria|title=For Appearance' Sake: The Historical Encyclopedia of Good Looks, Beauty, and Grooming|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-1-57356-204-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/forappearancesak00sher/page/142 142]|url=https://archive.org/details/forappearancesak00sher/page/142}}</ref>

Hairstyles in ancient Korea and Japan were influenced by Chinese hairstyles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Choi |first=Na-Young |title=Symbolism of Hairstyles in Korea and Japan |journal=Asian Folklore Studies |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=69–86 }}</ref> For instance, the ''chu'kye'' style worn in [[Goguryeo|Koguryo]] was similar in style and head placement as the ''chu'kye'' style in China. The hairstyles were characterized by the large topknots on women's heads. Also, hairstyles were used as an expression of beauty, social status, and marital status.<ref name=":1" /> For instance, Japanese girls wore a ''mae-gami'' to symbolize the start of their coming-of-age ceremony. Single women in Baekjae put their hair in a long pigtail and married women would braid their hair on both sides of the head. The hairstyles displayed their marital status to those around them.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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File:MET h1 1990.281.jpg|Female figure with elaborate coiffure and hairpins, West Bengal, India, 1st century BC
File:Chandraketugarth, epoca sunga, dea della fecondità, II-I sec. ac. 02.JPG|Female figure with elaborate hairpins in coiffure, India, 2nd-1st century BC.
File:Woman with a mirror, China, unearthed at Songjialin, Pixian, Sichuan, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220 AD, ceramic - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04768.jpg|Lady with a coiffure and mirror, China, 25-220 AD.
File:Admonitions Scroll Scene 7.jpg|Painted scroll with hairdressing scene, China, 6th-8th century.
File:Clevelandart 1962.32.jpg|Mayan royal woman with elaborate headdress, Mexico, circa 795.
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