A gentleman, who would carry a solid silver tobacco pipe casually in a bag made of famed fabrics imported from Spain and Portugal, or China, and exchange jokes by drinking sake quietly, was especially poplar in Yoshiwara. |
さりげなく南蛮や唐渡りの名物裂の袋に銀無垢の煙管を携えて、遊郭では静かに酒を飲んで冗談を楽しむという具合の御仁が人気だった。 |