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Nakasu (EDO)

Nakasu (EDO)

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ISBN10: 6133392398
ISBN13: 9786133392397
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr Mller Ag & Co Kg
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.21 Width: 9.02 Depth: 6.00
Language: English
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nakasu was a short-lived, but vibrant and popular entertainment district in Edo, Japan. It was built upon an artificial landfill in the Sumida River, at a place called Mitsumata, in 1771, and lasted until 1790, when the landfill was removed. Mitsumata, a short distance from the Yoshiwara pleasure district, had long been a popular spot for entertainment. Teahouses, restaurants, and houseboats were common there, and it was a popular site for pleasure boating as well. A famous, but likely fictional, tale of a courtesan named Takao II took place there in the 1660s; she was bought from the Yoshiwara by daimyo Date Tsunamune for her weight in gold, and when brought on Date's pleasure boat to Mitsumata, she tried to leap overboard, to drown herself, out of depression. She was instead murdered, stabbed, by Tsunamune.

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