Shimada (hairstyle)

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The Shimada is the typical hairstyle worn by the geisha of Japan.

Generally the hair is pulled back in one section. There are four major types of the shimada:

Taka Shimada, a high chignon (a kind of knot of hair), usually worn by young, single women
Tsubushi shimada, a more flattened chignon generally worn by older women
Uiwata, a chignon that is usually bound up with a piece of color cotton crepe
a style that ends up looking like a divided peach, typically worn by maiko

to make a Taka Shimada you...

to make a Tsubushi shimada you...

to make a Uiwata you...