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The geisha houses & brothels did not occupy all of Fukagawa, however. The neighborhood was also home to a ''kakae-yashiki'' (secondary [[daimyo yashiki|daimyô mansion]]) of the [[Kaga han|Kaga domain]],<ref>Gallery labels, "Upper, Middle, and Lower Residences of Kaga Domain," National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/12591023803/sizes/h/]</ref> and to a number of Buddhist temples; notable figures including [[Mamiya Rinzo|Mamiya Rinzô]] and [[Iwai Hanshiro VI|Iwai Hanshirô VI]] are buried in the neighborhood.<ref>Plaques on-site at Mamiya's grave, 2-7-8 Hirano, Kôtô-ku, Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19025158250/sizes/l]; "[http://www.kabuki21.com/hanshiro6.php Iwai Hanshirô VI]." Kabuki21.com.</ref> | The geisha houses & brothels did not occupy all of Fukagawa, however. The neighborhood was also home to a ''kakae-yashiki'' (secondary [[daimyo yashiki|daimyô mansion]]) of the [[Kaga han|Kaga domain]],<ref>Gallery labels, "Upper, Middle, and Lower Residences of Kaga Domain," National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/12591023803/sizes/h/]</ref> and to a number of Buddhist temples; notable figures including [[Mamiya Rinzo|Mamiya Rinzô]] and [[Iwai Hanshiro VI|Iwai Hanshirô VI]] are buried in the neighborhood.<ref>Plaques on-site at Mamiya's grave, 2-7-8 Hirano, Kôtô-ku, Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19025158250/sizes/l]; "[http://www.kabuki21.com/hanshiro6.php Iwai Hanshirô VI]." Kabuki21.com.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 8 July 2016
- Japanese: 深川 (fukagawa)
Fukagawa is a neighborhood of Tokyo, which was home to a prominent unlicensed prostitution district during the Edo period. In addition to prostitution, the area was known particularly for its haori geisha, also known as tatsumi geisha, geisha who dressed in a masculine mode,[1] and may have been the site of the emergence of the first female geisha in Edo (as geisha was originally a male profession).[2]
By 1780, the Fukagawa district contained seven unlicensed areas within it.[1]
In 1871, the brothels of the Fukagawa and Shin-Shimabara districts were obliged to relocate to the Yoshiwara.
The geisha houses & brothels did not occupy all of Fukagawa, however. The neighborhood was also home to a kakae-yashiki (secondary daimyô mansion) of the Kaga domain,[3] and to a number of Buddhist temples; notable figures including Mamiya Rinzô and Iwai Hanshirô VI are buried in the neighborhood.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joshua Mostow, "Wakashu as a Third Gender and Gender Ambiguity through the Edo Period," in Mostow and Asato Ikeda (eds.), A Third Gender, Royal Ontario Museum (2016), 36.
- ↑ "Tongue in Cheek: Erotic Art in 19th-Century Japan," Honolulu Museum of Art, exhibition website, accessed 1 Dec 2014.
- ↑ Gallery labels, "Upper, Middle, and Lower Residences of Kaga Domain," National Museum of Japanese History.[1]
- ↑ Plaques on-site at Mamiya's grave, 2-7-8 Hirano, Kôtô-ku, Tokyo.[2]; "Iwai Hanshirô VI." Kabuki21.com.
