Aohakachoja - Aohakachoja

Japanese: 青墓長者 - あおはかちょうじゃ
Aohakachoja - Aohakachoja

...From the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period, this inn was famous for its puppeteers and prostitutes. The inn's wealthy owner was called Aohaka Choja, and was called Ooi. The Tale of Hogen tells us that the mothers of Minamoto no Tameyoshi's sons, Otowaka, Kamewaka, Tsuruwaka, and Tennomaru, who were killed after the Hogen Rebellion, were Aohaka Choja's daughters. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aobo Choja" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…平安末期から鎌倉期にかけて傀儡子(くぐつ)や遊女のいる宿として著名。宿の長者を青墓長者といい,大炊(おおい)といった。保元の乱後斬られた源為義の子の乙若,亀若,鶴若,天王丸の母が青墓長者の女であったことが《保元物語》にみえる。…

※「青墓長者」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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