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*''Japanese'': 飯盛女 ''(meshimori onna)''

*''Japanese'': 飯盛女 ''(meshimori onna)''

''Meshimori onna'' were serving girls employed at post-station inns, many of whom were indentured to the inn and served as prostitutes in addition to the more standard tasks of helping run the inn.

''Meshimori onna'' were serving girls employed at post-station inns, many of whom were indentured to the inn and served as [[prostitution|prostitutes]] in addition to the more standard tasks of helping run the inn.

In the 1770s, shogunate policy allowed for 500 such serving girls to operate at inns at [[Shinagawa]]-juku, and 150 each at Itabashi and Senju, which were also post-stations on highways leading in/out of [[Edo]]. In the 1840s, similarly, there were around 1,000 such ''meshimori onna'' seen in official population registers for the areas immediately surrounding the city.

In the 1770s, shogunate policy allowed for 500 such serving girls to operate at inns at [[Shinagawa]]-juku, and 150 each at Itabashi and Senju, which were also post-stations on highways leading in/out of [[Edo]]. In the 1840s, similarly, there were around 1,000 such ''meshimori onna'' seen in official population registers for the areas immediately surrounding the city.