御高祖頭巾

おこそずきん

Also written お高祖頭巾

Meanings

1. Noun okoso-zukin (i.e.: kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji)

Kanji

• 御 honorific. Read as お.
• 高 high
• 祖 ancestor
• 頭 head
• 巾 cloth. Read as キン.

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