History of Japan's Courtesan Brothels - Forced Courtesans

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This film excerpt (docu-drama) depicts Japan's system of courtesan brothels -1908. For centuries Japan has romanticized the life of its courtesans, but this dark history for women in Japan goes back to 1617, when three of the most famous Japanese brothels began on the outskirts of town in Yoshiwara Edo (present-day Tokyo), Shinmachi in Osaka, and Shimabara in Kyoto. It was customary for women imprisoned in the brothels to be allowed to leave their "prisons" only once a year to see the sakura cherry blossoms or to visit dying relatives. In Yoshiwara, the brothel was created as power shifted from one fuedal lord to another.This led to the creation of a separate walled brothel quarter where many of the most revered (forced) courtesans were the wives and daughters of ruined feudal lords. In 1957, the legal status of Japan's courtesan trade became illegal. This film excerpt is NOT A PORTRAIT of the class of artisans known in Japan today as the Geisha. This is an artistic interpretation of history from a recent, 2007, remake of the 1987 Japanese movie "Yoshiwara enjo."
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