私し娼しょう窟くつ

noun

brothel; house of ill repute; red-light district

Archaic term for an unlicensed brothel or red-light district, used in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、私し娼しょう窟くつは幕ばく府ふの取とり締しまりの対たい象しょうだった。

  In the Edo period, unlicensed brothels were subject to regulation by the shogunate.