Vocabulary

public bath (Edo period)

low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

first bath of the year

small bucket

bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

bath for one's exclusive use

person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

fractionation; batching; isolation

to be frightened

something cold (esp. a body)

hoe-shaped helmet crest

drawing hot water; person who draws hot water

rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)

offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering

person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

accessories used for bathing

wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet

hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast

double-width cloth

hanging curtain used in place of a wall (Heian period)

cloth wrapped around the hips (esp. women)

stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period)

U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears

U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers

fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo

man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master

long and abundant moustache

men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)

binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears

hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn)

dancing on a street corner

go-between; intermediate; agent (e.g. for employing servants)

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

actor; actress; someone who works at a theater

machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)

public bath with mixed bathing

monkey (esp. a gibbon)

Edo-period bathtub heated from below

Edo-period bathtub heated from below