Due to the increasing popularity of western hairstyles, the use of kanzashi slightly declined during modern times and it was mainly used by a bride during a wedding with Shinto rites, geisha and geigi when they did their hair up in nihongami.
近代では洋髪の流行とともにやや衰え、神前結婚での花嫁や芸者や芸妓などの女性が日本髪を結う場合に使用された。