PROSTITUTES OF OLD JAPAN 昔の日本の売春婦

QUESTION : How do you take a pretty Japanese prostitute from old Japan who's loaded down with any combination of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes, The Clap, The Drip, Five varieties of Crabs, and a bucket of Pubic Lice --- and still make her attractive and acceptable to the entire, adoring world ?
JAPANESE ANSWER : (1) DO NOT mention the fact that all of these women were sold into the brothel system at the age of five or six, and (2) take everyone's mind off the the average prostitute's serious medical problems by sticking her in a beautiful SILK KIMONO !
That's it !
As can be seen here in this Flickr Set, the Japanese were keen on photographically documenting a lot of the goings on, and they prospered by selling photos of their prostitutes across the entire planet.
Even today, the enlightened nations of the World continue to fall on their faces in worshipful praise of Japan, especially for having had such a wonderful cultural heritage of high moral achievement, while buying Hello Kitty dolls dressed like prostitutes as gifts for their young daughters.
Go Japan !
THE BELOW LINK TAKES YOU TO A WONDERFUL SIGHT SEEN THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE BROTHELS IN OLD JAPAN. (WARNING -- GRAPHIC -- ADULTS and MEDICAL STUDENTS ONLY !!!)

A TAYUU is an OIRAN is NOT NECESSARILY a TAYUU is a PROSTITUTE

CAGED PROSTITUTES -- The Lowest Order of the Japanese Brothel System (#1) or, WOULD YOU SELL YOUR CHILD TO A WHORE HOUSE ?

CAGED PROSTITUTES -- The Lowest Order of the Japanese Brothel System (#3), or, HOW TO PRETEND YOU HAVE "FREEDOM OF CHOICE" Ca.1890-1900.

OIRAN -- The Highest Order of Japanese Prostitute (1) JAPAN'S QUEEN OF SEX

OIRAN -- The Higest Order of Japanese Prostitute (2) JAPAN'S QUEEN OF SEX

PROSTITUES of NECTARINE No.9 -- Inside their Yokohama Brothel (1)

PROSTITUES of NECTARINE No.9 -- Inside their Yokohama Brothel (2)

SHOW ME THE OBI ! The Prostitutes of NECTARINE No.9

THE GIRLS of NECTARINE No.9 -- Ten Prostitutes and Two Animals

SOME PROSTITUTES OF THE NECTARINE No.9 BROTHEL in KANAGAWA

By T. ENAMI, ca. 1892-95.

OIRAN -- QUEEN OF THE PROSTITUES -- or, Setting an Example For the Young Girls of Old Japan (#1) [SAME CAPTION #1 - #5) Ca.1900-1915 photos of "Japan's Finest"....Prostitutes, that is.

OIRAN -- QUEEN OF THE PROSTITUES -- or, Setting an Example For the Young Girls of Old Japan (#2) [SAME CAPTION #1 - #5) Ca.1900-1915 photos of "Japan's Finest"....Prostitutes, that is.

OIRAN -- QUEEN OF THE PROSTITUES -- or, Setting an Example For the Young Girls of Old Japan (#6)

THE PARADE OF PROSTITUES -- High Class OIRAN Strut Their Stuff in Old Japan

This is a rare, un-staged image of an OIRAN --- the Japanese caption says OIRAN, not TAYUU --- on ceremonial parade (in this case, not going to make a "house call"). Her huge ceremonial OBI tie is made up in FRONT, not in the back as the Geisha, Maiko, and regular Japanese gals do it.

SHOW ME THE OBI ! Two Prostitutes -- Two Ties

This is an important 1870s photograph by a Japanese photographer showing two prostitutes.

PROSTITUTES DAY OFF in YOSHIWARA -- A Typical "Bordello Row" in Old Japan

OKINAWA SOBA'S LAST DATE Ca.1880s photo by Yamamoto of Yokohama.

BROTHEL No.9 and Some No.9 GIRLS in Old KANAGAWA, JAPAN

1890s photo attributed to REIJI ESAKI. 

TWO JAPANESE PROSTITUTES HEADING OUT FOR A WHILE in OLD JAPAN -- A Front Door Scene at the NECTARINE No.9 BROTHEL in KANAGAWA

GETTING LAID in OLD JAPAN -- Bring the Whole Gang Along !

PROSTITUTES at the NECTARINE No.9 BROTHEL, Yokohama - 2nd Floor GirlsCirca 1890-95.

PROSTITUTES - Staff and Customers at the NECTARINE No.9 BROTHEL in Yokohama - A Few Men Going in to Get Laid Circa 1890-95.

PROSTITUTES - Staff and Customers at the NECTARINE No.9 BROTHEL in Yokohama - A Few of the Locals Going in to Get Laid (Full View)

PROSTITUTES - "Cherry Blossoms" at a Yoshiwara Brothel in Yokohama

Photo # U 15 by an unknown photographer, possibly Suzuki. Circa 1895.
RANDOM SOBA : flickriver flickr

Photographer Kusakabe Kimbei

日下部 金兵衛 (1841 - 1934)