These music spread via "totsuji" (Chinese translators), "jige yakunin" (lower-ranking officers of the Tokugawa shogunate) and officers of Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, and in addition, via "yujo" (prostitutes) in Maruyama. |
唐人屋敷に出入りを許された唐通事(中国語通訳)、地下役人や奉行所役人、さらに丸山の遊女等を介して普及した。 |