EDO - saiken uri vendor Yoshiwara

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2013/12/fuuzoku-business.html

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source :　kobayashi.s26.xrea.com
『さくらん』の吉原細見売り


saiken uri　細見売り　selling guidebooks of Yoshiwara pleasure quarters

Yoshiwara Saiken　吉原細見 Details Map of Yoshiwara
with a list-up of all the facilities and names of the prostitutes available.






医者見立て江戸吉原細見 - 田野辺富蔵



source :　wikipedia

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saiken　細見 "guide book"
Also Yoshiwara saiken 吉原細見. Annually published guide to the new Yoshiwara quarters in Edo which was moved after the Meireki 明暦 fire of 1657.
This guide included detailed depictions of the red-light district, the names of brothels and the names, ranks and prices of the courtesans. The popularity of courtesans was ranked and recorded earlier, but in 1718 Tsutaya Juuzaburou 蔦屋重三郎 published the information as a folding pamphlet. Between 1728 and 1781 the pamphlets were published in a small horizontal book-format (yokobon 横本), and finally around the mid-to-late 19c. a vertical format (tatebon 竪本) came into vogue.
Between 1804-18, Yoshiwara saiken were used as the model for shibai saiken 芝居細見 which were compiled to give similar detailed information on theaters and actors.
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吉原細見の図 Yoshiwara saiken no zu - Illustrations
. discussion of facebook .

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