In The Royal Watcher's post below, I noticed that Empress Nagako was wearing a sizeable diamond comb at the rear of her head, as well as her tiara during the royal banquet welcoming Princess Alexandra to Japan.



The jewel caught my imagination and so I endeavoured to see if HIM had worn jewelled hair combs on other occasions.

Sadly there are very few photos which show the Empress from behind, so how often she wore such jewels is a bit of a mystery, but ---


Return banquet in the US in October 1875.



At a wedding in Japan in March 1960




The opposite side of the Empress' coiffure on that occasion.


The Empress in October 1976. This comb looks to have small pearls and diamonds.




The Empress in January 1984.