Etymology

oichomage

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Today it means: The elaborate hairstyle, resembling a gingko leaf, worn by sekitori during bouts and on ceremonial occasions. Full definition →

Japanese 大銀杏髷
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from大銀杏髷
  2. English todayoichomage

From Japanese 大銀杏髷 (oo-ichō-mage, literally “gingko topknot”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.