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...In addition to yujo, there is also the term furoyajo, but just as the distinction between yuya and furoya has become unclear, it is difficult to confirm the exact usage. In the early Edo period, bathhouses had yujo (bath girls) and were called yujoburo (bath girls), and they were also called akakakijo (bath girls) because they wiped the dirt off bathers with their fingers. Each bathhouse employed 20 to 30 yujo, and after the evening they dressed up and performed songs and dances, just like prostitutes, and their customs are depicted in the Yujozu (Pictures of Yujo)....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akakaki Onna" is listed below.

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…湯女のほかにふろ屋女の語もあるが，湯屋とふろ屋との区別があいまいとなったように，厳密な使い分けは確認しにくい。江戸初期にはふろ屋に湯女をおいて湯女ぶろと称し，浴客のあかを指で落としたのであかかき女とも呼んだ。1軒に20～30人の湯女を抱え，夕刻以後は着飾って歌舞を演じて遊女と変わらず，その風俗は〈湯女図〉に描かれている。…

※「あかかき女」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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