No.04 (March 5, 1912)
Investigation before Discussion As socio-economic relations are getting more and more complex and we are also faced with issues around the marriage system, cultured citizens in particular are fretting about the crackdown of the caves. Much investigation has been done to minimize their harm and have them only play their role to the extent that […]
No.04 (November 23, 1908)
Let me offer you brief accounts of Asami and Tanabe’s biographies here. Toraji Asami, who currently disguises his business as a tea house in Edmonton, was once a sailor and his parents had a general store in Kure*. But 15 or 16 years ago a gambler and sailor, whose nickname was Ōtora, opened a Japanese […]
No.05 (March 6, 1912)
(Photograph: Prostitutes’ Caves Seen from the National School) Automobile Boom According to recent newspaper reports from Japan, Japan has also seen an automobile boom lately, although the total number only amounts to 220 in Tōkyō, 30 in Ōsaka and 10 to 23 in Kōbe, Kyōto, Nagoya, and Yokohama. There are still many folks who have […]
No.05 (November 24, 1908)
Everyday Life I do not wish to write too much about the everyday lives of prostitutes. You will not be wrong if you assume that what they pursue by putting red powder on themselves is purely money. She would wake up at around noon, rubbing their sleepy eyes, drift into the kitchen where her lover […]
No.06 (March 7, 1912)
Currently 17 Houses As prostitute caves opened here, a great number of prostitutes who heard the news gathered from all over across the city and province. Among them are many who were hiding in Victoria and traveled all the way here. The caves were launched on January 23. In the beginning the district was incredibly […]
No.06 (November 25, 1908)
Prostitution Business Performance The heading may sound strange but I could not find any other words that are more appropriate, and thus “Prostitution Business Performance.” Its meaning is very similar to the business performance of stores in general. Prostitutes can be categorized as house wives (madams) and indentured prostitutes, who work for the houses. Normally, […]
No.07 (March 8, 1912)
Each of these houses was bought by business owners at between 25,000 to 30,000 dollars. Of course they do not pay all at once and they must have expected that they would be able to run their business for a sufficient period such as one or two years. This also allows us to imagine how […]
No.07 (November 26, 1908)
Prostitution Business Performance (cont’d) The reason why they do not have Japanese clients is because they are afraid of trouble. The most important organ to cave owners is prostitutes themselves, and the owners try to squeeze money out by having this organ under surveillance. There is nothing to worry about for the owners if their […]
No.08 (March 9, 1912)
I have already mentioned how easily madams earn money but they do need a considerable amount of money to run their businesses. That is, they have to pay a lot of salary for women who serve food and alcohol. In some houses madams themselves play this role but in most cases, they hire women who […]
No.08 (Missing)
Note: No.8 (November 27, 1908) is missing from UBC’s Tairiku Nippō Open Collection. The following story is retrieved from Brothels in Canada (Tairiku Nippō, 1909). Genro (Senior Members) I tentatively call senior devils genro*. They think of cave businesses as duties gifted to them by heaven, which actually ruins the sacredness of work. To list […]