Japan: Two prostitutes posing in a rickshaw at the Nectarine No. 9 brothel, Kanagawa, Yokohama, c. 1895

The Nectarine brothel in Yokohama was a famous house of prostitution also known as No.9 or Jimpuro. Until the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Jimpuro was one of the top brothels of the city. It was originally opened in 1872 in Yokohama’s Takashima-cho.

In 1882, Jimpuro moved to the less visible area of Eiraku-cho. A branch specifically for foreigners was opened at the red-light district of Kanagawa’s Nanaken-machi. The brothel was called No. 9, because this was Jimpuro’s original address in Takashima-cho.

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T. Enami

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