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Tall Poppy
Really can't figure out what "licensed quarters" is supposed to mean without the original Japanese here. Or is this an in-universe term used in the show?
snowymountainhell
The author may be trying to avoid directly talking about “*districts licensed’ for ‘certain activities’ that are presently illegal *in Japan. The manga are fiction, set in the Taisho Era (1912-26), where ‘licensed quarters’ with ‘regulated’ prostitution may take place.
In the real world, prostitution in Japan was outlawed by the Diet with the Anti-Prostitution Law in 1956, with enforcement beginning in 1958.
In the manga, Yoshiwara is a district in Tōkyō, and serves as the main location of the ‘Entertainment District Arc’. It is a ‘red light district’ where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses can be found.
* Cited: The State as Pimp: Prostitution and the Patriarchal by J Lie, 1997; “describe and explicate the creation of... Japanese state regulated prostitution in licensed quarters.” - *
(btw: @TallPoppy: your earlier posts show significant knowledge of kanji, Japanese law, etc.)
Tall Poppy
A bit of knowledge, a lot of curiosity, and a passion for learning - that's all I can say on the personal front!
Interesting info, thank you! In that case I can certainly see the need for euphemistic terms in the Japanese promotional material. It doesn't work at all in translation though, and there isn't a need to soften the notion of a "red light district" in English, regardless of its legality.
I plan to watch the show at some stage (if only to see what all the fuss is about) but I have to say this insight only heightens my confusion as to why it's so popular among young children. The violence was enough to make me wonder, and now this...?
chikv
Hopefully they will put the current movie for free on the TV, I like the series but not enough to pay a ticket.