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160905-0016 - Prostitutes on Display

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Outside Taisho 1910s Unknown

Illustration of men talking with Japanese prostitutes seated behind harimise (張見世, a latticed show window) at a brothel.

Prostitutes from less expensive brothels were seated, without moving or speaking, behind wooden latticed windows.

This kind of display was prohibited after 1916 (Taishi 5).

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