暗くら者もの女おんな

noun

prostitute in a clandestine brothel (Edo period)

Historical term for a prostitute working in an illegal, hidden brothel during the Edo period. Related to 暗屋 (clandestine brothel).

See also: 暗屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、暗くら者もの女おんなは幕ばく府ふの取とり締しまりを逃のがれて密ひそかに営えい業ぎょうしていた。

  During the Edo period, clandestine prostitutes operated secretly to avoid the shogunate's crackdowns.