Water teahouse - Mizujaya

Japanese: 水茶屋 - みずぢゃや

〘Noun〙 (also "mizuchaya") During the Edo period, these were establishments located on roadsides or within the grounds of temples and shrines where passersby could rest and drink hot tea. Those located in Edo areas such as Ueno Yamashita, Senso-ji Temple, and Yanaka Kasamori Inari employed poster girls to attract customers. Those in Kyoto's Shijo-gawara area came under the control of the Yagura-doshiyori, and were run as a side job by theater-related personnel such as theater owners and tayumoto, who also took care of reservations for box seats for theatergoers and meals. ⇔Oyamachaya. *Haiku poem by Saikaku Daikusu (1677) 10 "The remains of the mizuchaya remain, Sakaigawa River, who is red-faced, and the face of a demon woman."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「みずちゃや」とも) 江戸時代、路傍や寺社の境内などで、湯茶を飲ませて往来の人を休息させた店。江戸の上野山下・浅草寺・谷中笠森稲荷などの地内にあったものは看板娘をおいて客を呼んだ。また、京の四条河原のものは櫓年寄の支配に属し、座元・太夫元など芝居関係者が副業として経営していたので、芝居見物の桟敷の予約や食事の世話もした。⇔お山茶屋。※俳諧・西鶴大句数（1677）一〇「水茶屋の跡はありけり堺川赤まへだれや鬼女が面影」

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