Gion Kosen - Gion Kosen

…In this way, Gion became a major entertainment district, combining tea houses, water tea houses, inns, and theater districts, and its prosperity surpassed that of the officially licensed Shimabara red-light district. Specialties such as Gion tofu and Gion kousen were born, and there was also a tea house like Mantei, which appeared in Kanadehon Chushingura as Ichirikijiya and became famous. In the Meiji period, Gion was divided into Kobu and Otsubu, and Gion Kobu, excluding an area called Sezeura, was considered the most prestigious entertainment district in Japan, and its training event, the Miyako Odori, became a sight in Kyoto in the spring. …

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…こうして茶屋，水茶屋，旅籠屋などに芝居町を合わせて，一大遊興地帯となった祇園の繁盛は，公許の島原遊廓をしのぐほどになった。祇園豆腐や祇園香煎（こうせん）などの名物も生まれ，〈一力茶屋（いちりきぢやや）〉として《仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゆうしんぐら）》に登場して人口に膾炙（かいしや）した〈万亭（まんてい）〉のような茶屋もある。明治になって祇園は甲部と乙部に分かれ，膳所裏（せぜうら）と呼ぶ一区域を除いた祇園甲部は，日本で最も格式の高い花街とされ，その温習会である〈都をどり〉は陽春の京都の景物となっている。…

※「祇園香煎」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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