楊よう弓きゅう店てん

noun

toy bow archery range; archery range (sometimes a brothel front)

Archaic term for an establishment where customers could shoot small bows (楊弓) for entertainment; sometimes served as a disguised brothel. Cross-referenced with 楊弓場.

See also: 楊弓場

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、楊よう弓きゅう店てんは遊あそび場ばとして親したしまれたが、中なかには売ばい春しゅんの隠かくれ蓑みのになっている店みせもあった。

  In the Edo period, toy bow archery ranges were popular as entertainment spots, but some served as fronts for prostitution.