角隠し

Etymology
.   Appears in texts from the early 1800s.

This derivation is listed in some sources as a reference to hiding a bride's "horns" of anger, jealousy, or other negative qualities, in order to present a more virtuous image for the wedding. However, this interpretation might be a folk etymology resulting from a shift in the reading and meaning.

This specific headdress is described as arising in the as something worn by women when visiting a Buddhist temple. In certain Buddhist sects, women visitors to temples were required to cover their hairlines in front, also known as the, the same portion of the hairline that was traditionally shaved off in men's fashions. The headdress may have been known originally as a.

Such a shift may have been facilitated by the existence of partial synonym, originally referring to a different kind of headdress used since at least the of 794–1185. This consisted of a triangular piece of material with one corner pointing straight up from the wearer's forehead, and referred to the peak of the triangle.

Noun

 * 1) a kind of bridal headdress made of a wide band of silk, commonly but not exclusively white, that encircles the bride's hair, with the topknot rising through the middle
 * 2)  a specific kind of headdress worn by practitioners of, of a similar boat shape as the modern bridal headdress, but originally made of black silk

Coordinate terms

 * : another kind of bridal headdress