title: Sakkō
text: # Sakkō
  
  Sakkō (先笄) is a Japanese hairstyle worn by maiko (apprentice geisha). It was also worn in the latter Edo period (1603–1867) and in the Meiji period (1868–1912) by young married women. Maiko wear it before and during the erikae ceremony, which marks their graduation out of apprenticeship.
  
  