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A woman putting on an ornamental hairpin

A woman putting on an ornamental hairpin

This woman, who is scratching her tilted head with a hairpin, is probably a yaritebaba, the woman who managed courtesans and supervised the business of a brothel. She certainly has the look of such a woman.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐48‐0]

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara in the mid-Meiji period. The first floor of whore houses had lattices as in this picture, and prostitutes waited for customers here, called Harimise. The elderly woman in the back is the Yaritebaba.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐27‐0]

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