銘めい酒しゅ屋や

noun

brothel disguised as a high-quality sake shop

Historical term for an establishment that sold high-quality sake as a front for prostitution, common in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには、銘めい酒しゅ屋やという名なの売ばい春しゅん宿やどが多おおく存そん在ざいした。

  In the Meiji era, many brothels called meishuya existed.