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Yoshiwara.
The customers who went to Yoshiwara sought entertainment at many levels ( 99 ) . Most
went with the intention of sleeping with a girl, her grade depending on the price a man was
ready to pay. If they aspired to one of the highest-ranking class, called tayu, they might
well beunlucky,forshehadthe right torefuse acustomer shedidnotknowordidnotlike.
It required a very expensive courtship indeed for an unattractive man to win her over; a
handsome young man was likely to find it much easier. Of course, she could not afford to
be too over-particular, otherwise her boss might complain, or even punish her, if necessary
by beating.
TheritualofavisittoYoshiwarastartedfortherealconnoisseurevenbeforehearrived.
The approved route was by boat up one of the rivers of Edo, to a disembarkation point
where horses were available to take clients to their destination. At one time, the true adept
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