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Word: yoshiwara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...swathed, sake-steeped joys of Edo's (later Tokyo's) popular theater and bawdyhouse life. The prints were produced by close cooperation between artist, wood engraver, printer and publisher, and sold for only a few cents apiece. The most famous publisher had his shop just outside the Yoshiwara (Edo's red-light quarter), offered illustrated guides and souvenirs of the quarter designed by the greatest Ukiyo-e masters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: OUT OF THE FLOATING WORLD | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

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