Adult toys - Adult toys

Japanese: 大人のおもちゃ - おとなのおもちゃ
Adult toys - Adult toys

...The items on display were "male Kyo-gata Doukihada, female Azuma-gata Kabuto-gata (helmet-shaped) equipment, non-pregnant equipment Yoroi-gata (armor-shaped) equipment, Rin-no-Rin-no-Tama (ring-shaped Rin-no-tama), finger puppet Seseri (se-seri), Elegant laughing, and many others," and the medicines were "Chomei-maru (chomei-maru), Onna-etsu-maru (me-e-tsu-maru), Ki-kei-shi (ki-kei-shi), Tsuwa-san (tsu-wa-san), Higo-zuiki (zhu-ki), Oranda Ro-maru (ro-maru), Ki-kai-gyokuro (golden-ro-maru), Oranda Cho-kei-ko (cho-kei-ko), and Hobashira-maru (male penis)," and some of them were of unknown meaning. In modern terms, they would be the so-called "adult toys," sex toys, and aphrodisiacs, but their efficacy is unclear. "Chomei-maru" was the store's representative product, and can be found in literary works as well.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "adult toys" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…器具として〈男姿京形同引はだ,女姿あづま形,懐妊せぬ道具甲形(かぶとがた),御(ぎよ)さぬ道具よろい形,りんの輪りんの玉,指人形せせり,風流笑ひちゃせん,其外いろいろ〉,薬として〈長命丸,女悦丸,きけいし(喜契紙),通和散,肥後ずいき,おらんだ蠟丸,嬉開玉露,おらんだ長けい香,男根・帆ばしら丸〉であり,意味不明のものもある。現代でいうなら,いわゆる〈大人のおもちゃ〉の類で,淫具(いんぐ),媚薬(びやく)の類であるが,効能のほどもさだかではない。 〈長命丸〉はこの店の代表的商品であり,文芸作品にも散見する。…

※「大人のおもちゃ」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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