Beautiful, unique, custom, hand crafted Hair Sticks - Daggers - Swords - Forks - Pins or Hairpins in a variety of lengths and styles. Japanese Geisha Kanzashi inspired hair decorations and
ornaments. New pieces all the time, please check back with us regularly!
Japanese Vocabulary:
Maiko - Geisha in training. the Maiko are the ones who traditionally wear the Kanzashi.
Tsumami - Pinching (refers to the method of folding the petals for floral Kansashi)
Kanzashi - Hair Ornament
Hana - Flower
Kougai - An ornamental hairpin
Kushi - Wooden or lacquered combs
Kusudama - Ball Hair Ornament
Bira Bira - the metal dangles in many Kanzashi. the name refers to the fluttering effect they produce.
Bira-bira-kan are fan shaped fluttering kanzashi
These hair accessories are only available in very small quantities, many crafted from vintage components. The Geisha style uses 2-3 sticks. Use just one or combine them all to turn an everyday hair style into something fabulous! The crysal encrusted sticks are hand carved from horn. These are purchased as singles not pairs.

OPAL BUTTERFLY KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR STICK - (SHOWN LEFT)
A gorgeous VINTAGE LAQUERED WOOD SEA SHELL INLAID, HAND PAINTED HAIR STICK - OPAL BUTTERFLY INLAID OVER COPPER - SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL ACCENTS.
Initialed by the artist Tanya Moreau-Smith, The usual vintage sticks we choose for these pieces are Black and Brown laquered wooden sticks with shell inlay - patterns will vary. Most run
8 inches in length, buterfly is almost 2 inches in width - $128.95

1 BUTTERFLY STICK

ONE STICK

"DRAGON'S FIRE" KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR STICKS - (MORE IMAGES SHOWN RIGHT) If only photos could do these hair ornaments justice!
Initials are carved by the artist Tanya Moreau-Smith, Total length of Ornate carved wood stick is just over 8 1/2 inches, with the decorative top almost 2 1/2 inches of the total. Matching stick is 7 1/2 inches.
Custom, Signed, Hand crafted from Cherry wood branches and Cherry tree root - Sticks are spiraled to give extra strong stay in power. GARNETS and RED JADE BEADS MOUNTED IN STAINLESS STEEL EMBELLISH this AMAZING PAIR OF ONE - OF -A KIND HAIR STICKS - $328.95

"AUTUMN LEAVES COMB" KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR COMBS - ( IMAGES SHOWN LEFT)
Initials are carved by the artist Tanya Moreau-Smith, Hand carved from a cherry wood root and branches, this carved wood branch width of this comb is 3 inches, the leaves reach to 3 3/4 inches. The height of the ornamental top is approx. 2 1/2 inches, the total height is 5 1/4 inches.
Custom, Signed, Hand crafted from Cherry wood branches and Cherry tree root - Substantial Ornament, best worn on top of the head or with hair bands, ties or plenty of hair. Berries made from GARNETS and RED JADE BEADS MOUNTED on Copper Wire add a wonderful spark of saturated color to this art piece. Agate in shades of cream and orange make up the leaves. A BEAUTIFUL ONE - OF -A KIND HAIR COMB - $328.95

CUSTOM HAIR ORNAMENTS

DRAGON'S FIRE AGATE LEAVES

ABOVE - MULBERRY BERRIES and LEAVES - ENAMEL HAIR FORK
A Magical hair ornament worthy of any Faerie, Wood Nymph or Pixie - Vintage enamel on metal Mulberries and Leaves jewelry on this custom carved cherry wood fork. Cherry wood is an extremely hard and durable wood. This piece is particularly remeniscent of Japanese Kanzashi Geisha style hair ornaments. The fork is Just over 5 1/4 inches in length, 2 1/2 inches wide at it's max. One-of-a-kind, made to last and extremely useful, not to mention an instant favorite piece of jewelry. Initialed by the artist.
$118.95 USD

ENAMEL MULBERRY FORK

MULBERRY FORK

ABOVE - FLOWERS and LEAVES, FLORAL - ENAMEL HAIR FORKS
KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE
These forks are hand carved from cherry wood - 4 1/2 and 5 inches in length, close to 1 1/2 and 4 inches at their widest points. Beautiful vintage enamel pieces with pastel white, yellow and lavender flowers with gold accented centers.
Either set, totally unique - initialed by the artist.
$158.95 USD

ORNATE ENAMEL SETS

FLOWERS 2 PC. SET

HAND CARVED CHERRY WOOD STICKS with EMERALD or SPIRE
Top stick has a single raw emerald mounted at the top -
bottom stick has a metal spire mounted at the top.
Strong stout sticks are 4 1/2 inches in length. The Unicorn spiral makes them stick like glue in your hair! TOTALLY UNIQUE, one of a kind pieces sold seperately, initialed by the artist.
$98.95 USD

CARVED UNICORN STICKS

EMERALD SPIRE

FUSCIA BELL KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR STICK - RARE LILAC WOOD (ABOVE and SIDES)
This is a Fuscia Flower Bell made of brass, cobalt glass, steel wire and many other elements. It jingles and moves freely suspended from a lilac branch that came from my garden. The tree is over 150 years old. This wood is just gorgeous. I left a bit of bark on as well for depth and color. Stick portion 7 1/2 inches in length,
The animating Fuscia flower bell iis almost 3 inches in length -
One of a kind as always, initialed by Tanya Moreau-Smith$129.95

FUSCIA FLOWER BELL STICK

SINGLE STICK

WHITE CRYSTAL ENAMEL FLOWERS - KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR STICKS in BLACK - 2 STICKS CHERRY WOOD (ABOVE and SIDES)
Beautiful enamel and crystal flowers embellish these striking hair sticks. Hand carved from cherry wood braches. One of a kind as always, initialed by Tanya Moreau-Smith-
The main stick is 6 inches in total length and the second keeper stick with smaller ornamentation is 6 1/2 inches.
Very durable, made to last. $158.95

2 CRYSTAL WHITEE STICKS

ONE SET

KANZASHI JAPANESE GEISHA STYLE HAIR STICK with many ORNAMENTS - 1 PIECE BONE(ABOVE)
A single very ornate hair stick with beads, a green metal fish and Kanji or? symbol. Stick portion 5 inches in length, beaded chain dangling is almost 2 1/4 inches in length $29.95

1 GEISHA BONE STICK1

SINGLE STICK

WOOD, STONE and STEEL WIRE WORK HAIR STICKS - 2 PIECE
2 WOOD HAIR STICKS - Rough cut orange and white stone and shell beads with a metal spacer,
stainless steel wire work. Stick is 6 inches in length, with ornament 7 inches in length. $24.95

2 WOOD HAIR STICKS

ONE SET