かり子こ

noun

maid in an Osaka brothel

Archaic term for a female servant working in a brothel in Osaka during the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお坂さかでは、かり子こと呼よばれる遊ゆう郭かくの下げ女じょがいた。

  In the Edo period, there were maids called kariko in Osaka brothels.