- momoware hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach
Historical term for a Meiji/Taishō girls' hairstyle, encountered in period fiction, kimono history, or vintage photo captions, not in daily speech.
桃割れに結った少女が写真に写っている。
Momoware ni musutta shōjo ga shashin ni utsutte iru.
A girl with a momoware hairstyle appears in the photo.
祖母は若い頃、桃割れにしていたそうだ。
Sobo wa wakai koro, momoware ni shite ita sō da.
I hear my grandmother wore a momoware when she was young.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 銀杏返し (ichōgaeshi), a different Meiji–Taishō hairstyle with a butterfly-like looped bun.
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