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The nightless city

Hiru-jimai Yo-jimai no koto. (The day and night engagements of courtesans.)

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The “Yoshiwara Ōkagami” (吉原大鑑) also says that there were formerly two kinds of shimai (仕舞 here the word means “engagement”) viz:—Hiru-jimai (day engagement) and Yo-jimai (night engagement.)36

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