貸かし座ざ敷しき

noun

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.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、料りょう亭ていは貸かし座ざ敷しきとして宴えん会かいに使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, high-class restaurants were used as rented rooms for banquets.

noun

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.

• 吉よし原わらには多おおくの貸かし座ざ敷しきが並ならんでいた。

  In Yoshiwara, many brothels stood side by side.