Perhaps you have only seen this makeup in the Japanese horror film Sadako, but in ancient times, it was rich and beautiful, just like the foot-binding in China at that time, and only the rich could afford it.
So I dare to guess, a beauty with white face and black teeth and long black hair, maybe the goddess in the Japanese heart is Sadako.
This kind of makeup with white face Hei Chi has a long history, which originated from the Tang Dynasty in China.
There were no black teeth in the Tang Dynasty, only white-faced pupa eyebrows.
During the Tang Dynasty, beautiful women prevailed, singing and dancing rose, and the geisha industry was fiercely competitive.
At night, because there are no lights, only lanterns, we should dance in front of everyone and be conscious.
You must make the powder white, thick and the blush dark.
This is an indispensable stage makeup for the court dance in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Japan was a subordinate country of China, and cultural exchanges between the two countries were frequent. It attracted Japanese envoys in the Tang Dynasty, and this culture also spread to Japan, so it became popular, and Japanese geisha continued to keep this white makeup. Of course, this has become a protected culture in Japan.
At first, it was only popular among court nobles, and only adult women would wear this kind of makeup. But because the face powder is white and thick, it will highlight the rotten yellow teeth. Therefore, Japan has reformed this makeup, soaking it in wine, tea and vinegar to make it black water, and then applying it to teeth with feathers and brushes to form black teeth. Seen from a distance, the effect is good.
Until the shogunate era, this custom still existed, probably because people's aesthetics were changing. The original "black pool and white flour" Zhenzi makeup was postponed to the wedding, which meant to tell everyone, "I am taken! Don't play my mind again. " Later, after the Meiji Restoration, people estimated that this makeup was really scary and gradually disappeared.
Nowadays, geisha are still popular only in geisha houses.
The following is a makeup picture of a geisha in a geisha house.