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    Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and...
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    fly, or when they investigate rumours about a famous oiran in the Yoshiwara district, whose astral head tries to leave her body during the night. The Amitābha...
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  • Yoshiwara is a famous yūkaku (red-light district) in Tokyo. Yoshiwara may also refer to: Yoshiwara, Shizuoka, a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture Yoshiwara...
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    Mizoguchi once more explored a contemporary milieu (a brothel in the Yoshiwara district) in black-and-white format with his last film, the 1956 Street of...
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    masseuse at a "soapland" in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district, and then, in 2004, open her own bar in Tokyo's Roppongi district. In one of the longer and more prolific...
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    produce several series of well-known works, all featuring women of the Yoshiwara district. Over the years, he also created a number of volumes of animal, insect...
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    Dreamland, a licensed brothel owned by the Tayas in a red-light district in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district, while the Diet reconsiders a ban on prostitution. Yasumi...
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  • the district had only one town. town of Shibakawa(芝川町; -chō) April 1, 1889 - Establishment of local municipalities: Ōmiya Town (大宮町), Yoshiwara Town...
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    manga about a girl who becomes an oiran courtesan in the Edo-era Yoshiwara district. There are lyrics "more active than Tokyo Jihen". The main characters...
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    is the institution of 'red-light' districts in Japan in the early 17th century, most famously the Yoshiwara district of Edo.[citation needed] In countries...
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  • Red-Light District (妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り, Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin giri), also titled Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter or Killing in Yoshiwara, is...
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    in which customers they took. The term oiran originated in Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo in the 1750s, and is applied to all ranks of high level...
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  • in the Yoshiwara district. An underground red light district in Edo, sealed away by a metal ceiling that was created to protect the district from the...
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  • Courtesan Takao Takao was a name used by eleven courtesans in the Yoshiwara district of Edo. Here is the 6th Takao, known for her literary talents and...
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    Station (Tokyo Sakura Tram) (approximately 5 minutes' walk) San'ya district Yoshiwara district Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's...
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    neighboring Ukijima and San area from Hara, Suntō District in 1956. On November 1, 1966, Fuji and Yoshiwara merged with Takaoka to form the new city of Fuji...
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    Tokyo, the best-known "red line" districts were Yoshiwara and Shinjuku 2-chome, while the best-known "blue line" district was Kabuki-cho. In 1947, Imperial...
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  • Yoshiwara (吉原市, Yoshiwara-shi) was a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture. On November 1, 1966, Yoshiwara was merged with the city of Fuji. During...
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  • gathering information about a demon who terrorizes the red-light districts of Yoshiwara. For the Mugen Train Arc, the opening theme is "Akeboshi" (明け星,...
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    Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Uguisudani Station (on the JR Yamanote Line) Yoshiwara district Akiba Shrine Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook:...
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  • killed in the Edo period was the 1696 Yoshiwara spree killing (吉原百人斬り, Yoshiwara hyakunin giri; lit. "Yoshiwara Hundred People Slashing"), when a wealthy...
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    Shinagawa no Tsuki (品川の月, "Moon in Shinagawa"), Yoshiwara no Hana (吉原の花, "Flowers in Yoshiwara"), and Fukagawa no Yuki (深川の雪, "Snow in Fukagawa") are three...
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  • or Manji Takao, was a tayū (highest-ranking courtesan) of the Yoshiwara red light district of Edo, and one of the most famous courtesans of Japan's Edo...
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  • Yoshiwara is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa and Michiko Tanaka. It is based...
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    personality. He enjoyed partying with the geishas and prostitutes of the Yoshiwara district, while consuming abundant amounts of alcohol. His greatest passion...
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    Okabasho (岡場所), the generic name for all unlicensed red-light districts other than Yoshiwara (later including both Shimabara and Shinmachi). In January 1946...
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    period Japan (1600–1867). Ukiyo culture developed in Yoshiwara, the licensed red-light district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), the site of many brothels frequented...
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  • Soapsud Princess 最新ソープテクニック2 泡姫御殿 Saishin Soap Technique: Awahime Goten Yoshiwara District August 1990 Media Top/Shintōhō Eiga Extremely Wild Genuine Sex: Night...
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    reported sighting of one hanging in a house of ill-repute in the Yoshiwara district, and it was not until 1898 that the official ban was lifted. In the...
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    aimed to punish writers and their publishers for writings related to the Yoshiwara and other things that were deemed to be "harmful to society" at the time...
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