吉よし原わら細さい見けん

noun

guide to the Yoshiwara red-light district

Historical term for a directory or guidebook of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters in Edo-period Japan, listing courtesans, teahouses, and other establishments.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、吉よし原わら細さい見けんが遊ゆう廓かくの案あん内ない書しょとして広ひろく使つかわれていた。

  In the Edo period, the Yoshiwara saiken was widely used as a guidebook to the pleasure quarters.