In Kyoto Prefecture and its vicinity, however, chaya also functioned as a brothel and a request for specific geisha was often times directly made to the concerned okiya or whereby customers could be entertained without moving to a brothel. |
ただし上方(かみがた)では茶屋と揚屋がひとつになっていて置屋が直接に指名を受ける場合が多く、江戸でも料亭や船宿が直接置屋に指名をかけ、場所を移動せずに遊ぶこともあった。 |