Yoshiwaran.

/jɒʃɪˈwɑːrə/

Forms: Also yoshiwara.

In Japan, an area (esp. one in Tokyo) where brothels were officially recognized. Frequently attributive.Official recognition was withdrawn in May 1958.

ΘΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution

Yoshiwara1870

red light1891

red-light district1891

ho stroll1972

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution

Yoshiwara1870

red light1891

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution > specific

bank1519

banksidec1540

Whetstones-park1682

Soho1818

Yoshiwara1870

Reeperbahn1974

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or like brothel > specific area

Yoshiwara1870

1870 Fortn. Rev. Aug. 154 At Yokohama, indeed, and at the other open ports, the women of the Yoshiwara are loud in their invitations to visitors.

1877 A. C. Maclay Let. 25 Nov. in Budget of Lett. from Japan (1886) xix. 342 That strange institution of the feudal Government of Japan known as the Yoshiwara system..This was a system of legalized prostitution..under government patronage.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 70 Tell the Yoshiwara girls to burn a stick for him.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 3/4 The fire..destroyed the new yoshiwara at Tokyo, sweeping away 6555 houses.

1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 102 The child may be apprenticed to Fagin's academy, it may be sold into the Yoshiwara.

1966 New Statesman 2 Dec. 840/1 A short look at A Harlot's Progress, and then—if not at a yoshiwara house by a Japanese master of the Floating World—at Botticelli's Venus.

1978 Country Life 24 Aug. 500/2 The brothels in the red light district of Edo, the Yoshiwara.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	yoshiwara
释义	Yoshiwaran. /jɒʃɪˈwɑːrə/ Forms: Also yoshiwara. In Japan, an area (esp. one in Tokyo) where brothels were officially recognized. Frequently attributive.Official recognition was withdrawn in May 1958. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution Yoshiwara1870 red light1891 red-light district1891 ho stroll1972 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution Yoshiwara1870 red light1891 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution > specific bank1519 banksidec1540 Whetstones-park1682 Soho1818 Yoshiwara1870 Reeperbahn1974 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or like brothel > specific area Yoshiwara1870 1870 Fortn. Rev. Aug. 154 At Yokohama, indeed, and at the other open ports, the women of the Yoshiwara are loud in their invitations to visitors. 1877 A. C. Maclay Let. 25 Nov. in Budget of Lett. from Japan (1886) xix. 342 That strange institution of the feudal Government of Japan known as the Yoshiwara system..This was a system of legalized prostitution..under government patronage. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 70 Tell the Yoshiwara girls to burn a stick for him. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 3/4 The fire..destroyed the new yoshiwara at Tokyo, sweeping away 6555 houses. 1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 102 The child may be apprenticed to Fagin's academy, it may be sold into the Yoshiwara. 1966 New Statesman 2 Dec. 840/1 A short look at A Harlot's Progress, and then—if not at a yoshiwara house by a Japanese master of the Floating World—at Botticelli's Venus. 1978 Country Life 24 Aug. 500/2 The brothels in the red light district of Edo, the Yoshiwara. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1870
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