The Europeanization of the Yoshiwara and the Introduction of Loochooan Courtesans

In closing this chapter it. may be of some interest to readers to note that the Sakura-gawa school of kokan is the most influential in the Y oshiwara, and consequently many persons have concluded that this style is indigenous to the quarter: such, however, is not the case, for it originated in Fukagawa. Of late, several classes. of amusements and many new songs, said to be in the Sakura-gawa style, have been introduced, but they do not seem to be particularly noteworthy.