Purple (murasaki) is an important color in Japan, it is connected with aristocracy.
http://www.printsofjapan.com/images/Toyo.%20III%20-%20onnagata%20with%20bag%20string%20in%20mouth.jpg purple thing on his forehead, but it was scarf in the beginning.
here you see it as a part of a wig - the tradition had been so specific and had strong erotic connotation, so it became even symbolically present on onnagata wigs.
put a disclaimer... but it seems to me you put together too many things. but i won't criticize you. it's your right.
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Date: 3 Dec 2008 12:54 pm (UTC)http://www.printsofjapan.com/images/Toyo.%20III%20-%20onnagata%20with%20bag%20string%20in%20mouth.jpg
purple thing on his forehead, but it was scarf in the beginning.
here you see it as a part of a wig - the tradition had been so specific and had strong erotic connotation, so it became even symbolically present on onnagata wigs.
put a disclaimer... but it seems to me you put together too many things. but i won't criticize you. it's your right.