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Japan: Low class prostitutes in a caged brothel, Yoshiwara entertainment area, Tokyo, late 19th century

Yoshiwara was a famous Akasen district (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. The courtesans would consist of yujo (women of pleasure/prostitutes), kamuro (young female students), shinzo (senior female students), hashi-joro (lower-ranking courtesans), koshi-joro (high-ranking courtesans), tayu (higher-ranking courtesans), oiran (highest ranking courtesans). The unfortunate women in caged brothels represented the lowest rank of prostitute in Yoshiwara and other red light areas.

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Japan: Low class prostitutes in a caged brothel, Yoshiwara entertainment area, Tokyo, late 19th century

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Yoshiwara was a famous Akasen district (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. The courtesans would consist of yujo (women of pleasure/prostitutes), kamuro (young female students), shinzo (senior female students), hashi-joro (lower-ranking courtesans), koshi-joro (high-ranking courtesans), tayu (higher-ranking courtesans), oiran (highest ranking courtesans). The unfortunate women in caged brothels represented the lowest rank of prostitute in Yoshiwara and other red light areas.

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Keywords:

19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ASIA • ASIAN • BROTHEL • COURTESAN • EDO • FASHION • FLOATING WORLD • HUMAN SEXUALITY • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KIMONO • KIMONOS • MEIJI • MODA • MUJER • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PHOTOGRAPH • PROSTITUTE • PROSTITUTES • SEX • STYLE • TOKYO • WATER BUSINESS • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XIX CENTURY • YOSHIWARA