岡おか場ば所しょ

noun

red-light district; pleasure quarters

Historical term for an unlicensed red-light district in the Edo period, as opposed to the officially sanctioned 遊郭 (ゆうかく). Now mainly encountered in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、岡おか場ば所しょは非ひ公こう認にんの遊ゆう興きょう地ちとして栄さかえた。

  In the Edo period, okabasho flourished as unofficial pleasure quarters.