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Japan’s Geisha System Faces Western Pressure and Reform
The piece surveys Tokyo districts and geisha culture amid post quake reconstruction and rising Western influence. It details districts like Yoshihara and Kagurazaka, the geisha trade’s economics, and legal shifts easing contracts. It notes missionary activity, changing attitudes toward women, and a nationalist shift in Japan’s social order as emancipation debates intensify.
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