In the Kamakura period, women such as waiting maids had a hairstyle called mijira-suberakashi in which their hair was at up to waist length and was tied back in a ponytail.
鎌倉時代には短垂髪といって、せいぜい腰の辺りまで垂らした髪を一つにまとめておく髪型が侍女などに行われるようになった。