1. Double bun

2. Triple bun

3. Man bun
    Modern style 

4. See also

5. References

6. External links

A bun is a type of hairstyle wherein the hair is pulled back from the face, twisted or plaited, and wrapped in a circular coil around itself, typically on top or back of the head or just above the neck. A bun can be secured with a hair tie, barrette, bobby pins, one or more hair sticks, a hairnet, or a pen or pencil. Hair may also be wrapped around a piece called a "rat".^[1][2] Alternatively, hair bun inserts, or sometimes rolled up socks, may also be used to create donut-shaped buns.^[3] Buns may be tightly gathered, or loose and more informal.

Double bun

Double or pigtail buns are often called {{nihongo|odango^[4]|お団子|odango}}, which is also a type of Japanese dumpling (usually called dango; the o- is honorific).

The term was popularized by the anime and manga series Sailor Moon,{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} whose eponymous heroine and other characters wear their hair in this style. The term odango in Japanese can refer to any variety of bun hairstyle.

In China, the hairstyle is called niújiǎotóu (牛角头).^[5] It was a commonly used hairstyle up until the early 20th century, and can still be seen today when traditional attire is used. This hairstyle differs from the odango slightly in that it is gender neutral; Chinese paintings of children have frequently depicted girls as having matching ox horns, while boys have a single bun in the back.

Triple bun

Man bun

Buns were worn by men in China as early as 200BC as depicted on the terracotta soldiers. They were worn until the end of the Ming Dynasty in AD 1644, after which the Qing Dynasty government enforced Han Chinese to adopt the queue hairstyle (queue order).

The term "man bun" is a modern term used to describe long-haired men who do not wish to sport the traditional trend of short back and sides wearing their hair in a topknot. Men of the Joseon Era of Korea wore the sangtu as a symbol of marriage. 16th century Japanese men wore the chonmage for samurai warriors and sumo wrestlers. In the west, topknots were frequently worn by "barbarian" peoples in the eyes of the Romans, such as the Goths, Vandals, and most importantly, the Lombards. Later, the hairstyle survived in the pagan Scandinavian north (some believe the topknot hairstyle contains elements of Odinic cult worship)[_{citation needed]} and with the eastern nomadic tribes such as the Bulgars, Cumans and Cossacks. Paul the Deacon, in his description of the traditional barbarian style of the Lombard nation, describes their hair thus so, "they uncovered the flesh of their heads by shaving all around the neck, sides, and back of the head until the nuchal zone. The hair on the top, left long, was parted in the middle and hung down to the corners of their mouths." (HL IV.22). This perfectly describes the modern western top knot as it appears untied.

Historical and iconic examples of men with long hair using this style as practicality include:

• Shiva
• 6th-7th century BCE — Buddha
• 3rd century BCE—Terracotta Warriors of China
• Bradley Cooper^{[7][8][9][10]}
• Jeremy Lin^[11]
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (during his Hamilton run and during interviews) he has since chopped it off

Modern style

In London, the modern man bun style may have begun around 2010 although David Beckham sported one earlier. The first Google Trends examples started to appear in 2013, and searches showed a steep increase through 2015.^[12] Some of the first celebrities to wear the style were Jared Leto, Joakim Noah, Chris Hemsworth, Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom. The hairstyle is also associated with Brooklyn hipsters.^[13]

See also

• Guanli, the traditional Chinese coming of age ceremony, after which men ceased to trim their hair and wore it as a bun or topknot
• Chonmage, the topknot of the Edo-period Japanese samurai
• Chignon

References

External links

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