The Wig Artist

Take a rare look into the studio of a Tokyo wig maker. The Wig Artist demonstrates how the traditional katsura is made, and shows off wigs that are used by kabuki actors, Japanese dancers, and performers of Japan's traditional arts.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• japan
• wig
• katsura
• kabuki
• nihon
• buyo
• traditional
• japanese
• culture

[RoninDave]

nice music! How did you get to film kabuki. Was it a practice session?

[ssakamoto]

It was a rehearsal at the Japanese National Theater in Tokyo of Iemoto Yoshie Tachibana. This footage is part of a longer documentary we're making about Iemoto Tachibana, the grandmaster of the Tachina dance school in Tokyo.

[alincielo]

I love the t-shirt with kanzashi!

[ImitationBarbie]

Wow these are WONDERFUL.. Bye any chance would you happen to know how to get that lenght of hair coulity they have.. I want to buy some.. Im a Cosmetologist.... And I make lace frontal wigs..

[japaneseladysamurai]

I WANT ONE I WANT ONE I WANT ONE!!!!!! They are SOOOOOOOOOO beautiful

[WigManPhil]

These are beautiful wigs made in the traditional Japanese style, and the construction and look is quite different from European and American style lace wigs.Thank you for showing this rare limpse into an authentic japanse wigmakers studio! I love the kanzashi t shirt also!

[WigManPhil]

@pescadoyventanas Most hair for wigs and extensions comes from peasants.The cost varies on color,length,quality,and ethnicity.The asian hair is the cheapest,because the hair strands are thicker,and it doesnt hold curl as well.They also have to undergo extensive coloring if u want anything but dark.Mid quailty is Indian or Indonesioan hair.Still dark, but finer hair.Highest is European hair from russia,E. Europe and switzerland.Most expensive colors:nat.blonde&reds.More expensive,grey and white

[WigManPhil]

@AmberSumer sweetie,these are geisha & trad. Japaneese hairstyles.Its not meant for modern looks.These are the real deal & how geisha wigs should look. Memoirs of a Geisha was an extremly stylized and inaccurate film.You can buy the hair from commercial hairsellers like his and hers, and synthetic hair is a plastic fiber made in factories...

[karmbaby]

cool !

[PrettyCrappyUsername]

awesome :D

i love the end, <3

[AmberSumer]

The wig looks awesome but the style of the wig is horrible.. Man, I wish I was there to get some of that beautiful hair! So I wonder how do they make synthetic hair..

[scryingt]

WOW! That was Amazing!

Totemo Omoshiroi!

[pescadoyventanas]

I've always wondered where the wigmakers get all of that long beautiful human hair......  Are there people who just sell their hair to them??