Island Room - Entobeya

…Both were mixed-occupancy prisons, but compared to agezashiki, ageya prisons were not so different from prisons for commoners in terms of treatment, including meals, and control by the prison chief. There were five prisons, but one was called an onnaro (women's prison) and held only women regardless of status, and the other was used as a remote island prison, where exiled prisoners were gathered the day before they departed. The shogunate's regional prisons and feudal domain prisons also held samurai separately from commoners. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Toshima Room" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…いずれも雑居拘禁であるが，揚座敷に比べると揚屋は食事をはじめとする処遇，牢名主の支配など，実情は庶民の牢とそれほど差異はない。5部屋あったが，1部屋は女牢（おんなろう）と称して身分を問わず女性だけを収容し，また1部屋は遠島者を出船の前日集めておく遠島部屋に用いられた。幕府の地方の牢，藩の牢なども，武士を庶民と区別して収容した。…

※「遠島部屋」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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