日本傳統風俗習慣的美容文化，加上聖德太子自中國隋唐引進中國的美學文化，形成在世界美容史上具有記載價值之日本式美容文化。男尊女卑的古代日本封建社會思想下，男性利用美容文化控制並鑑別女性的階級、年齡、身份及婚姻狀況。日本古代髮型是最足以代表日本風情的民族髮式，翻開日本古代髮型的演變史；最早可推到3世紀的古墳時代，歷經千年以上之改良創新，而發展出多彩多姿的款式。皇族之笄髷及上流社會之高島田髷，女醫及巫女等特殊職業之片手髷，普通國民流行之桃割髷及銀杏髷，藝妓專用之勝山髷及天神髷，女妾專屬之兵庫髷，女傭之螺角髷；少婦的三輪髷；中年之久米三髷；老年之丸髷，均有各領風騷的髮型區別，毛髮款式描法依照人體臉型七種樣式來美化。美容之定義在廣義上應以頭部、髮、臉、體表、手、足等全身及心身之整體美化爲要。
Ancient aesthetic culture of Japanese traditional habit is combined in aesthetic culture of China from SUI dynasty and TAN dynasty in China, That is imported by Soudokutaisi in Japan. Achieve a special aesthetic culture of Japan in the world, Japanese men have used aesthetic culture to control and judge class or age and social position of Japanese women, KOGAI MAGE and TAKASHIMADA MAGE is used by common women, KATSUYAMA MAGE and TENJIN MAGE is used by geshia women, HYOKO MAGE is used by concubine, RAKAKU MAGE is used by servant, SANRIN MAGE is used by young women, KUMEZO MAGE is used by a middle-aged women, MARU MAGE is used by women of old age. The definition of aesthetics should be according to total beauty of head, hair face, hand, leg, foot and front & back views etc.
