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n. Denoting a traditional type of formal hairstyle for unmarried women in Japan, whereby the hair is gathered together and fastened to the top of the head.
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Shimada (島田 or 嶋田 literally island rice field) may refer to:
- 13678 Shimada, asteroid
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Shimada (city), Shizuoka, Japan
- Shimada-juku
- Shimada Station
- Shimada (hairstyle), a traditional Japanese hairstyle for women
- Shimada, Japanese surname
- Bin Shimada, voice actor
- Shimada Ichiro, samurai
- Izumi Shimada, anthropologist
- Kosaku Shimada, golfer
- Kaho Shimada, singer
- Shimada Masahiko, writer
- Michiru Shimada, anime screenwriter
- Shimada Shigetaro, Admiral
- Shimada Shinsuke, former TV host
- Shogo Shimada (disambiguation), the name of several people
- Shusuke Shimada, footballer
- Shimada Tadashi, photographer
- Soji Shimada, mystery novelist
- Takahiro Shimada, footballer
- Takashi Shimada, manga writer see Yudetamago
- Teru Shimada, actor
- Thomas Shimada, tennis player
- Toshio Shimada, politician, cabinet minister
- Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor
- Yoko Shimada, actress
- Yuji Shimada, MMA referee
- Yuki Shimada, footballer
- Yusuke Shimada, footballer
The Shimada (島田) is a women's hairstyle in Japan, similar to a chignon. Its modern usage is mainly limited to geisha (wearing it as a wig), but during the Edo period it was also worn by ordinary women, and especially by girls in their late teens. Generally the hair is gathered together at the crown of the head and a small portion of the bun is sectioned off to point outward.
Usage examples of "shimada".
It was around then that Sawako, who had always worn her hair in Western style, began having it done up in a traditional high-piled Shimada, a coiffure that set off beautifully her ukiyoye-like face.
Natsume Shimada, hitherto manifested only as a careful signature, each letter individually formed, on creamy stiff stationery from the American Toyota Motor Sales headquarters in Torrance, California.
Less than twenty-four hours later, Hiroshi Shimada, kneeling on a fibrous tatami, clad in a kimono of ash gray field and smoke wheels, directed his wakizashi toward the muscled ridge of his lower belly, slashing left to right, then upward, his body quivering with effort, control, and face.
Shimada pointed upward, showing her the orange and green box kite with a fierce tiger's head.