rented tatami room
A tatami-mat room rented out for gatherings such as meetings, meals, or entertainment. Historical term associated with Edo-period pleasure quarters, but the basic meaning is a room for hire.
In the Edo period, high-class restaurants were used as rented rooms for banquets.
assignation house; brothel
Specifically refers to a room or establishment used for meetings with courtesans or prostitutes in the Edo period. Sense 2 (assignation place) and sense 3 (brothel) are closely related and often overlap in historical context.
In Yoshiwara, many brothels stood side by side.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with okurigana.
Literally “rented room,” 貸座敷 became an official Meiji-period designation for a licensed brothel, presenting the establishment as a business that rented rooms.