Why did Japanese samurai shave the tops of their heads, leave the sides long, and have a small pony tail tied in the back?

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• Votes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonmage

  Seems like the pony tail helps keep their helmet in place and the shaved pate is a sign peace after their civil war.

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  • WeebLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks! That’s really interesting, I didn’t expect that. The media probably throws that in cuz it is kinda the stereotypical hairstyle for old school samurai.

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  • 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll add that the shaved top of the head helped them stay cool in battle while wearing the aforementioned helmets.

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• Ghoti_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The hairstyle is to make it easy for their helmets to stay on their heads

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• ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  To quote Lil Sis: “It’s for decoration. That’s it, and that’s all.”

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• TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t know but this makes me want to play Ghost of Tsushima again

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  • WeebLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That game was so awesome. I never finished it though because it became quite tedious with taking out the Mongol camps. I really want a PC port though.

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  • ADHDefy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have it on PS4 and I've been itching to replay it, but I've been (foolishly) waiting on a PC release to replay. At this point, I think I'm just gonna go for it and play on PS4 again, cause I don't think it's happening any time soon. lol

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    • TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I started it a couple years ago, almost finished the first area, stopped, and now I’m replaying it. It’s a great game, I think it’s just best taken slow so it doesn’t feel tedious

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• Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think it’s just male pattern baldness.

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