Hikimayu
Japanese cosmetic tradition
Hikimayu was a Japanese tradtiion of removing the eyebrows and painting two smudges on the forehead from Nara period to 19th century.
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In culture
change- Hikimayu is found in The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book.
- Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa showed this tradition in his films Rashomon, Ugetsu.