Amigasa teahouse

Japanese: 編笠茶屋 - あみがさぢゃや

〘Noun〙 In early modern times, a teahouse in a red-light district lent straw hats to customers to hide their faces. In Kyoto's Shimabara district, they were located at the Tanbaguchi entrance, in Edo's Shin-Yoshiwara, outside the Daimon gate, and in Osaka's Shinmachi district, the gatekeeper of the Daimon gate worked as a guardhouse as well, and they were called Amigasa-chaya. In Shin-Yoshiwara, they are said to have existed from around the Genbun era ( 1736-41 ) until the Meiwa era ( 1764-72). *Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Nidai- Otoko (1684), 2 "Two steps to the teahouse at the entrance, one step to the Amigasa- chaya in Doromachi."

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Japanese:

〘名〙近世、遊里で遊客に、顔をかくすための編み笠を貸した茶屋。京都島原では丹波口、江戸新吉原では大門外にあり、大坂新町では、大門の門番が番所で兼業しており、編み笠茶屋と称していた。新吉原では元文（一七三六‐四一）ごろから明和年間（一七六四‐七二）まで存続していたという。※浮世草子・好色二代男（1684）二「入口の茶屋に弐歩、泥町の編笠(アミガサ)茶屋に一歩」

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