Beauty Standards in Imperial Japan #history #travel #japan #heian #japanesehistory #heianperiod

[miriga]

Fun fact the mixture to blacken teeth used ingredients which kept a their teeth clean and healthy longer than many other cultures could at the time.

[n.a.]

Rice powder sounds waaaay better than the arsenic wafers used in the English Court before, no? 😅 And I heard that the blackening of teeth actually preserved them?

[someperson]

Fun fact: the stuff they used to blacken their teeth sealed them off and prevented decay!

[REKU]

at least they used rice powder and not lead 💀💀💀

[loreleilee]

The way you so enthusiastically explain things makes me want to listen even if im not interested in the topic

[Maria-pjvc]

The black teeth meant maturity back in the 1000’s and married woman in the 1800’s. The white face bake originally started because house in the 1000’s only had a dim light and people(men an woman) had to stand out in the dark room.

Thanks for introducing Japan! If you have more interest in Japanese beauty standards, there are standards throughout every era in Japan like Jyunihitoe or Kimonos and it’s also interesting to see show costumes used for Kabuki where man dresses as attracting woman which reflects the trend of that time a lot.

[ladypeartree]

Rice powder seems miles better than the victorians painting their faces with lead though 😬😳😬😳

[niaakima]

When ppl say the west made all the Asian women whiten their face. The fashion for paler faces was long before west connected with the east.

[mefisgremory]

Actually in Heian Japan, aesthetics were heavily embedded is society for all members of the court, including men, and it was a period of intellectual empowerment for women as many of the most famous writers and artists of the period were women.

[markjosephbacho]

Meanwhile in Medieval Visayas and most lowland Philippine societies🇵🇭, women had to have flattened foreheads. Eyebrows should be shaved like cresent moons. The more gold accessories, necklaces, and bracelets you have, the more noble you are.

Ear piercings and distended earlobes from heavy gold earrings also make you beautiful. And just like in Japan, blackening of teeth is also a sign of beauty. You can also opt for gold pegs and gold teeth brackets and chew betel nut to create a bloody red mask to accentuate said gold brackets.

Women with skin as white as the coconut meat is the standard. "Binukots" or secluded princesses who were not allowed to be touched by the Sun and were forbidden to touch the ground are the most sought-after ladies.

[AimeeColeman]

Ohaguro (black teeth) was popular amongst noble men as well when they were popularised in the Heian period

[kavitabagohil]

In India also women used to colour their teeth but colour was more on brown red side.

[SaumyaThakur-xsoj]

Has anyone seen the *tale of princess kaguya* it actually shows all this... including black teeth

[Moneyhuntpanvel]

Never thought "The Nun" Was a beauty standard 😂

[TheHSoko]

Great what you are doing here! Love your fashion and photography and interest in women and what that is defined by. Your info on Japan is so interesting!

[janetodusanya]

Don't forget, they also plucked out all their eyebrow hairs only to draw new, bamboo stick shaped ones. And you'd think the aristocrats would've had it easier💀💀💀

And the crazy long status nails💀💀💀

[Shuang_Shuang]

But didn't they paint their teeth black (with lacquer) to prevent tooth decay? I don't know a lot about this topic, but I think it originally at least had a practical use

[psybunny]

Woah, I thought you were Margaery Tyrell for a second there.

[mindydevine]

You had me to until the black teeth part....

[peppermint]

Japan be having beauty standards opposite to the rest of the world