“高尾太夫 (Takao Dayu)”,
The Legend of Takao Dayu: Edo’s Most Famous Courtesan In the shadowed, lantern-lit streets of the Edo period (1603–1867), the Yoshiwara pleasure district was a “floating world” (ukiyo) of fleeting beauty and rigid hierarchy. At the very pinnacle of this world stood the Dayu (or Tayu), the highest-ranking courtesans who were as renowned for their […]
