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Prostitutes in Yoshiwara
Unknown, 1912, Photograph, Postcard
Prostitutes in Yoshiwara
Prostitutes in Yoshiwara
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Item no
16717
Title
Prostitutes in Yoshiwara
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1912
Size
9.0 x 14.0 cm
Type
Photograph
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Postcard
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These women sitting behind a wooden latticed window, in what was called the 'harimise', are normal-rank prostitutes whom customers could view from the outside. Prostitutes of tayu rank did not need to wait for customers in the harimise as they had their own rooms. The harimise was prohibited in 1916.
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