When they became nuns after their husband's death, for example, women had haircuts called amasogi which was to cut at shoulder length their fine, long hair they had had for a long time.
こうして見事に伸ばした髪も、夫に死別するなどして出家した時には「尼削ぎ」といって、すべて肩の辺りで切り揃えてしまう。