The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko, Japan, 1771. [Kamuro were girls who attended the courtesans of the Yoshiwara. Brought into service between the ages of five and nine, they were part of the courtesan's retinue when she appeared in public, they ran errands for her, and waited on her when she met her clients].

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