Prostitution in Japan

thumb|upright=1.2|An sitting with a client and an apprentice. Ukiyo-e print by [[Suzuki Harunobu (1765).]] thumb| dancing, 2023 is a collective term for the highest-ranking courtesans in Japanese history, who were considered to be above common prostitutes (known as ) for their more refined entertainment skills and training in the traditional arts. Divided into a number of ranks within this category, the highest rank of were the , who were considered to be set apart from other due to their intensive training in the traditional arts and the fact that they lived and worked in Kyoto, the politica

Japanese language term for Compensated dating like Sugar baby

description and history of sex work in Japan

thumb|right|A in Tokyo, 1872

thumb|right|Karayuki-san in Saigon, [[French Indochina]] Karayuki-san () was the name given to Japanese girls and women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who were trafficked from poverty-stricken agricultural prefectures in Japan to destinations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Siberia (Russian Far East), Manchuria, British India, and Australia, to serve as prostitutes.

thumb|right|150px| A telekura establishment in Ikebukuro, September 2015 '''''', an abbreviation for , are telephone-based dating services originating in Japan.

nominally the business of female high school students, including the compensated dating for adolescent girls

overview of sex trafficking in Japan

post–War Japanese sex worker

system of brothels set up by the Japanese government for US occupation forces

thumb|One of the from the Wachigaiya in the Shimabara district of Kyoto were the highest rank of female entertainers in early modern Japanese licensed quarters. were distinguished historically from other courtesans (yūjo; women of pleasure) and entertainers (maiko, geisha/geiko) by their intensive training in numerous traditional artforms from a young age. The prestige this education conferred on them allowed them to refuse clients. They were the only entertainers to attend the Imperial banquets.

district in Osaka known for prostitution

geisha, usually low-ranking, who worked in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns

statute of Japan