"The brothel was a space that nurtured Japanese culture. On the other hand, the prostitutes working there were half -sexual hospitality, and it was also a place with human rights. The problem of prostitutes is modern society.There is a part that can be communicated. I want the children to tell them well. "
[Image] "There was also a" playhouse "where a boy prostitutes" and "Some women who became prostitute for their husbands" were too surprising.
The second phase of the anime "Demon Blade", which started on December 5, is set in the brothel.In an interview, Tanaka said, "Let's be helpful for a child who was asked to the child who watched the" Demon Blade ", which would be helpful for parents who asked" What is a broth? "
The second phase of the anime "Demon Blade", which started broadcasting in December, is set in the brothel.From "Demon Blade" official Twitter
Certainly, if this question is asked by a child, it will be confusing to explain how much the facts to explain.Do you explain only cultural supernatant?No, there are some stories inevitable to talk about brothels.Is it possible for young children to understand?In the first place, how much do you know about a brothel?
This time, I tried to hit Mr. Tanaka a "assumption question when asked by a child" to adults who are troubled nationwide.Then, Tanaka told me a "model answer for a brothel" in a plain language.
If you have this, you should be able to show the dignity of adults, not even if you look at the "blade of demon" with your child.
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――What is a broth?
In short, the place where a prostitute work was called a brothel.For example, a brothel is like a theme park that creates a different world far from the real world.When you go to the mountains, there is a world that is different from the reality and you will be in China and Japan that you will receive wonderful hospitality?I think I was aiming for such a feeling of being blown into such a different world.In a place like Ryugu Castle of "Urashima Taro", there was a production that met a woman who was not from the world.
In terms of money, it was hard to reach the common people.The price varies depending on the rank of the prostitute, but the highest ranked prostitute required about 150,000 yen in modern times.It is about the amount of money for the rich, but for the townspeople, the amount that can be saved for many years and can only be saved.At that time, the writers sometimes asked the publishers without paying.At that time, there was no royalties, so is it a substitute?
[Question 1] What kind of person is a prostitute?
It's like an entertainer now.It was also drawn in Ukiyo -e, and it often appeared in novels and rakugo.In the early prostitute, the dancing, playing the instruments, and singing well, longing for the common people.And they are not just famous, but also those who have played the basics of Japanese culture, such as wearing tea hot water, ikebana, and kimono.In addition, I was able to make waka and haiku, and it was said that I was able to write a good and wonderful sentence, so I know that they are highly educated people.However, it is also important that not only that, but also forced sexual hospitality.I had to do sexual things at the end, while hiding customers with songs and dances.
[Question 2] Why was it forced?
"I was forced" because a prostitute works to return family debt.Her family, especially her parents, borrowed their lives and sells her daughter to the brothel to return the debt.Of course, no one has become a prostitute.A person like a scout came to the town and took a prospective girl.These children have been practicing in various ways since they were young and polished their skills as a prostitute.It was these people who could become a highly prostitute called Oiran.
There were other women who became a prostitute for their husbands.For example, when her husband was sick but had no money to buy medicine, she had to be a prostitute.In that case, you will work in a low -ranking shop in the brothel.Unlike a prostitute who has been trained since childhood, he has no skills, so it is not popular and cannot be ranked.For a woman who became a prostitute after becoming an adult, the brothel would have been a place to fall.
[Question 3] The prostitute wears a very beautiful kimono, but was it rich?
No, he looks glittering, but the prostitute has little money.The customer did not pay directly to the prostitute.The price I played was paid to a prostitute (Gyoro) or a shop that connects the servant called Chaya and a customer.The money I entered in a prostitute was the price of prostitute kimono, fog, footwear, and hair tie.In addition, you have to repay your debt with the rest of the living expenses such as food expenses.After that, the salary remained.There must have been little money paid to the prostitute.
Even if you became a highly ranked courtesan, your salary would have been small.The Oiran has a disciple of a new building, but if the disciple cannot pay the kimono or training rehearsal, or the price of the event, the courtesan with a good customer at that time, "Okay, help.I'll give you a fee.Naturally, the money was also drawn from the salary.But I guess I didn't need much money because I didn't go out of the brothel.
I was a little off the road, but in the Edo period, the chip culture was penetrating unlike now.It seems that the customer handed out various chips when he went up to a prostitute.However, the money did not reach the prostitute, and the brothel was collected.Among the 150,000 yen earlier, such money is also included.
[Question 4] Was it really such a gorgeous glittering town?
The glittering brothes drawn in anime and movies seem a little different from the actual brothel.The kimono and decorations were not so kinky glucin, but I chose a higher -quality and better product.It was in the early Edo period that a writer named Ihara Nishizuru wrote the novel "Mikaichi Man" set in a brothel.The prostitutes of this era have not inserted the hairpin, and they do not drop a large band in front of them.He didn't even do makeup.
The woman who became a prostitute needed a cleanliness that was clean and did not need to make up.However, as the times have passed, various prostitutes have worked, and they may not be the same.Gradually, I started to make up, my kimono became luxurious, and I started to insert the hairpin.I think the brothes drawn in anime and movies are helpful at the end of Edo.
[Question 5] Did a man work in the Yukaku?
Men also worked in the brothel.For example, the owner of a prostitute called Lower was almost male, and the role of a modern prostitute manager was also a man and a man.Luxury brothes are very well maintained, so many people work under cleaning, and some have been in accounting.
There were many other people who worked in a teahouse connecting customers and the prostitute.People who guide customers to a teahouse, pick up prostitutes, or have luggage such as shamisen when a prostitute picks up customers, arranges geisha, and arranges a caterer.And there are many jobs in teahouses.Only prostitutes are noticeable, but many people worked to support them.
In fact, it wasn't a brothel, but there were boys up to 15 and 6 years old.The young people are called play children, but they are children who have been in the world of play and have trained since they were young.There were three large play horses, but there were many small play gities under the current two countries.There was a low -ranked actor, and the boy made money by doing prostitution, sexual things, in his teens.There was no light at night in the Edo period, so he played in the daytime and prostitution when it darkened at night.
[Question 6] What happens if debt cannot be repaid?
In fact, I'm not sure what happened to the prostitute whose debt could not be repaid.She was probably calculated to be able to repay her, as her prostitute had a fixed time of her season's contract.A prostitute kimono cannot be worn in the town, so it may have been sold and repaid.
It was a very short period to be a prostitute.I think it's about 16 years old and can work for 10 years at most.As you get older, you will lose your customers, so it will be difficult to work as a prostitute in your early twenties.
In severe cases, it was sometimes resold.It is a case where you borrow from another place and play a prostitute in another place.In that case, the rank goes down steadily.In some cases, it fell in Yoshiwara, and sometimes worked in a brothel in Fukagawa and Shinagawa by changing the location.There was a difference between Yoshiwara and Fukagawa and Shinagawa in terms of treatment and hygiene.It seems that Yoshiwara was well managed, and the safety of violence and illness was ensured.The sexually transmitted disease test began in the Meiji era, but still did not have a major illness in Yoshiwara.You were protected.
[Question 7] Why do you become a prostitute even though it's a bad job?
That's probably because women were tied to the idea of family.At that time, my family was more at the center of Japanese thinking and behavior.I thought that women could not help for their parents and their families to agree that women would be sold as a prostitute.You were disciplined to think so.
Grow in the family, grow up, get married, and create a new family.It was a woman at the time that there was only a place to live in my family.But men were also tied to their families.He was told that "the eldest son of the family must be like this."
Ironically, the brothel was a free space.If you have the money, you can forget the real world, which may be one of the reasons why people were attracted to the brothel.
[Question 8] Why is the playout gone?
The prostitutes were those who reflected Japanese culture, but they gradually became a commoner.The price has become cheaper, but the culture has disappeared.Foreign people pointed out that it was a human rights issue.A British lawyer pointed out that "a prostitute is like a slave," a British lawyer was forced to be a prostitute in the middle, not his will.Therefore, the government at that time issued a geisha release order.
Some prostitutes had debts, but they were able to return home.It seems that some people managed a restaurant.The women were able to sew them differently now, so they were able to wash their kimonos (cleaning).
But there were many other women who had no other job.The work that women can get more than now was more limited, so there were people who had to live in prostitution.For those people, the broths left only, and the cultural aspects were gradually lost.
However, it is the same in modern times that women have a narrower work than men.The children will not be able to feel it yet, but I want you to understand this point.
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