People avoided taking a bath on imibi (days considered to be unlucky), and so women wrapped their hair around the pillows with fragrance added as a deodorizer on those days when they were unable to wash their hair.
入浴は忌日を避けて行われていたため、髪が洗えない日などは臭い消しに香を入れた枕に髪を巻きつけていた。