見み世せ女じょ郎ろう

noun

low-class prostitute displayed in a cage (Edo period)

Historical term for a low-ranking prostitute who was kept in a barred enclosure at the front of a brothel to attract customers during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの吉よし原わらでは、見み世せ女じょ郎ろうが格こう子しの向むこうから客きゃくを呼よび込こんだ。

  In the Yoshiwara district of the Edo period, low-class prostitutes called out to customers from behind the lattice.