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  1. The Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters: A Cradle for Japan’s …

    WEBSep 2, 2020 · Yoshiwara, the name of the famous government-licensed pleasure quarters in Edo, today’s Tokyo, conjures up a range of images.

  2. What became of Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s old red-light district?

    WEBJun 23, 2020 · Image: George Lloyd. By the 18th century, the Yoshiwara was home to 3000 women from all over Japan. It’s easy to romanticise …

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    The cultural standing of Yoshiwara could no longer be maintained, and the area became simply a place of exploitation of both sex workers and customers. In the fervor for Westernization of the Meiji era (1868–1912), Yoshiwara’s traditional music was rejected as out of step with modernization.
    Yoshiwara, the name of the famous government-licensed pleasure quarters in Edo, today’s Tokyo, conjures up a range of images.
    In the city of Edo, Yoshiwara was the center of nightlife, fashion, and entertainment arts. The Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867) restricted prostitution to a single designated red-light district in each major city. In Kyoto there was Shimabara and in Osaka there was Shinmachi, and in Edo, there was Yoshiwara.
    The licensed district of Yoshiwara was created in the city of Edo, near to the area today known as Nihonbashi, itself close to the beginning of the Tōkaidō road, the primary route to western Kyoto during the Edo period.
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  4. Yoshiwara Today: Remnants of Tokyo’s Red-Light District

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  6. Yoshiwara Tokyo - A 300 Year Old Red Light District …

    WEBMay 21, 2018 · YourJapan Blog. Near to the popular Asakusa is located Yoshiwara Tokyo, a neighboorhood full of history from the Edo Period. The old Red Light district in Tokyo has...

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