散さん茶ちゃ女じょ郎ろう

noun

fairly high-ranking Yoshiwara prostitute (Edo period)

Historical term for a specific rank of courtesan in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、散さん茶ちゃ女じょ郎ろうは吉よし原わらで高たかい地ち位いにあった。

  In the Edo period, sancha jorō held a high rank in Yoshiwara.