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               ¡Transliteration 
              Well, mine! My young master, 
                what kind of wind  
                today on earth 
                made you fly over to us 
                and rest your wings here? 
                It's really an incident that 
                we are here 
                just talking about you. 
                Hey, girl, 
                go and tell her 
                that your precious crane has made 
                first fly on to you. 
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                right away. And do not forget  
                to tell her accompanies too. Well, 
                my young master, we had  
                no fortune in finding good girls this year 
                and got that fresh girl at last 
                from the country side, but are afraid that £ 
                the songs of such bush warbler 
                would sound so funny 
                in your ears. 
                Hohoho...  
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              ¡From Big Edo Prints¡ 
                 On girls 
                in Kuruwa (playing district for men)  
              There was a strict classifying system for the 
                girls working in the playing district. The ranks were as follwing; 
                1. So called Oiran or Keisei, the upper most girls, 
                2. Upper Oiran who had own drawing room, 
                3. Shinzo, the junior girls, 
                4. Furisode-shinzo, probation girls after Kamuro, had no play 
                with customers by themselves, 
                5. Banto-shinzo, seniors who remained in the playing district 
                even after loans being cleared, 
                6. Kamuro, young girls in age of 6-14 who served Oirans.  
              Also, 
                7. Yarite, supervisor of girls and customer managers, 
                8. Chaya-nyobo, proprietress of Hikite-jaya (catching tea room), 
                customer guide, 
                9. Chaya-gejo, waitress in Hikite-jaya  
                were the indispensable occupations for female in the playing district 
                business.  
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