Yin-ma-jaya (Inner-house teahouse)

Japanese: 陰間茶屋 - かげまぢゃや

〘 noun 〙 An inn where male prostitutes called kagema were invited to have fun. In the Edo period, this was a house where male prostitutes called kagema served at banquets and mainly sold male sexual favors. Kagema-ya. Children's teahouse. Children's inn. ※Comedy book Furai Rokubushu (1780), Sato no Oda chapter review: "Gradually, I came across a kagema teahouse in Naka-machi, a nighthawk holding back the boat at the main gate, and perhaps a boat-shaped manju will be served."

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Japanese:

〘名〙陰間をよんで遊ぶ宿。江戸時代、陰間と呼ばれた男娼を宴席に侍らせて、主として男色を売っていた家。陰間屋。子供茶屋。子供宿。※滑稽本・風来六部集（1780）里のをだ巻評「段々と思ひ付がかうじたら、中の町に男倡(カゲマ)茶屋、大門口で夜鷹が引きとめ、大どぶに舩をつなぎ、舩饅頭が出よふもしれず」

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