Commoners of EDO-Period Japan - Yoshiwara, Yaoya Oshichi, Terakoya, Ch?nind?, Banzuiin Ch?bei (Paperback)

Chapters: Yoshiwara, Yaoya Oshichi, Terakoya, Ch?nind?, Banzuiin Ch?bei. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Yoshiwara () was a famous Akasen district (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tky, Japan. In the early 17th century, there was widespread male and female prostitution throughout the cities of Kyoto, Edo, and Osaka. To counter this, an order of Tokugawa Hidetada of the Tokugawa shogunate restricted prostitution to designated city districts. These districts were Shimabara for Kyto (1640), Shinmachi for saka (16241644) and Yoshiwara for Edo (1617). The main reason for establishing these nightless cities was the Tokugawa shogunate's trying to prevent the nouveau riche chnin (townsmen) from political intrigue. The Yoshiwara was created in the city of Edo, located near what is today known as Nihonbashi, near the start of the busy Tkaid that leads to western Kyoto in western Japan. In 1656, due to the need for space as the city grew, the government decided to relocate Yoshiwara, and plans were made to move the district to its present location north of Asakusa on the outskirts of the city. The old Yoshiwara district burned down (along with much of the city) in the Meireki fire of 1657; it was rebuilt in the new location, when it was renamed Shin Yoshiwara (New Yoshiwara), the old location being called Moto Yoshiwara (Original Yoshiwara); eventually the "Shin" was dropped, and the new district became known simply as the Yoshiwara. The Yoshiwara was home to some 1,750 women in the 1700s, with records of some 3,000 women from all over Japan at one time. The area had over 9,000 women, many of whom suffered from syphilis, in 1893. These women were often sold to the brothels by their parents at the age of about seven to twelve. If the young girl was ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=24090