(Page 4) The Modern History of Tachinbo: Women “operating” under temple floors and in graveyards… “Tachinbo at the Bottom” mushroomed during the Meiji Era. | FRIDAY DIGITAL

The Modern History of Tachinbo: Women “operating” under temple floors and in graveyards… “Tachinbo at the Bottom” mushroomed during the Meiji Era.

The Modern History of Tachinbo (Part 1)

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The “Twelfth Floor” neighborhood after the Great Kanto Earthquake. Asakusa’s private brothel district, which had not been eliminated no matter how many times it was exposed, was also destroyed by fire (from “Teito Fukko Zokei Shiryo Shiji” (Journal of the Reconstruction and Reorganization of the Imperial Capital), owned by the National Diet Library).
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A “new beggar whore” in Harunosuke Ishikado’s “Beggars’ Ura Story” (1935) (National Diet Library collection)
A female beggar chewing potatoes” also from “Beggars’ Tales Behind the Beggars” (National Diet Library collection)

  • Interview and text： Akira Ikoma

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