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70208-0016 - Brothel in Yoshiwara, Tokyo, 1890s

Tokyo 1890s
Yoshiwara Brothel

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Unknown
Medium	Albumen Print
Period	Meiji
Location	Tokyo
Image No.	70208-0016
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

Women sit in the window of a Meiji period brothel in Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s well-known red light district.

For more in formation about Yoshiwara, read Tokyo 1900s • Yoshiwara Omon.

For other photos of prostitution in old Japan, see Prostitution.

see current map

The Google map shows where the entrance of Yoshiwara used to be located.

Published September 14, 2008
Updated December 4, 2021 7:36 AM

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 4, 2021). Tokyo 1890s: Yoshiwara Brothel, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on June 24, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/404/yoshiwara-brothel

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