昼ちゅう三さん

noun

highest-ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara district (Hōreki era onward)

Archaic term specific to the Yoshiwara red-light district during the Edo period, used from the Hōreki era (1751–1764) onward. Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 宝暦

• 江え戸どの吉よし原わらでは、昼ちゅう三さんは宝ほう暦れき以い降こうの最さい高こう位いの遊ゆう女じょを指さした。

  In Edo's Yoshiwara, 'chūsan' referred to the highest-ranking courtesan from the Hōreki era onward.