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*''Established: [[1618]]''

*''Established: [[1618]]''

*''Dismantled: ''

*''Dismantled: 1958''

*''Japanese'': 吉原 ''(Yoshiwara)''

*''Japanese'': 吉原 ''(Yoshiwara)''

The district burned down frequently, including in [[1644]], [[1676]], [[1768]], [[1771]], [[1784]], [[1786]], [[1787]], [[1812]], [[1816]], [[1824]], [[1845]], [[1860]], [[1862]], and [[1866]], but was always rebuilt, until X year, when it was abolished and dismantled. The Nihon-tsutsumi and Yoshiwara Ômon ("Great Gate") survive today as placenames, but beyond a replanted ''mikaeri yanagi'' and a few signs and plaques, there is little of the old district to see in that neighborhood today.

The district burned down frequently, including in [[1644]], [[1676]], [[1768]], [[1771]], [[1784]], [[1786]], [[1787]], [[1812]], [[1816]], [[1824]], [[1845]], [[1860]], [[1862]], and [[1866]], but was always rebuilt, until X year, when it was abolished and dismantled. The Nihon-tsutsumi and Yoshiwara Ômon ("Great Gate") survive today as placenames, but beyond a replanted ''mikaeri yanagi'' and a few signs and plaques, there is little of the old district to see in that neighborhood today.

In [[1875]], the Yoshiwara, and the brothels, teahouses, and prostitutes of a number of other areas came under the jurisdiction of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]].  

In [[1868]], six other districts were made licensed, and in [[1875]], the Yoshiwara, and the brothels, teahouses, and prostitutes of a number of other areas came under the jurisdiction of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]]. By this time, the Yoshiwara was very much only a shadow of its former self, but it lingered on, and was not formally shut down by the government until 1958.

==Operations==

==Operations==