rented tatami room
A tatami-mat room rented out for gatherings such as meetings, meals, or entertainment. Historical term associated with Edo-period pleasure quarters, but the basic meaning is a room for hire.
In the Edo period, high-class restaurants were used as rented rooms for banquets.
assignation house; brothel
Specifically refers to a room or establishment used for meetings with courtesans or prostitutes in the Edo period. Sense 2 (assignation place) and sense 3 (brothel) are closely related and often overlap in historical context.
吉原には多くの貸座敷が並んでいた。
In Yoshiwara, many brothels stood side by side.
遊郭 is a licensed red-light district, whereas 貸座敷 can refer to an individual establishment within such a district or a room rented for assignations.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with okurigana.
Literally “rented room,” 貸座敷 became an official Meiji-period designation for a licensed brothel, presenting the establishment as a business that rented rooms.