The context of the story is yet another variant of the Chinese "pleasure quarters," the winehouse.
"You'll never even make it to the Dominess' pleasure quarters."
They rounded the corner to see two stone-faced guards standing before the Dominess' pleasure quarters.
She makes her way through the streets of the pleasure quarter but doesn't quite avoid Tahei.
The two leave the pleasure quarter, travelling over many bridges.
Plots revolved around humor and entertainment at the pleasure quarters.
These rapidly grew into large, self-contained "pleasure quarters" offering all manner of entertainments.
Further south social status dropped even further, because near Geba (see below) there were the pleasure quarters.
Her husband contracted a venereal disease from the pleasure quarters, and she divorced him.
