Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Why Japan
PutsP retty Girl IS
In Cages
-HE SO-CALLED "Yoshiwara" sections Of Japane

mercialize love-probably anything else
plains the attitude of Jap soldiers toward women in the
invaded countries In other nation in the world
similar sections popular and built with such and
expensefo other country has such unusual set Of
moral standards As Japan.
Every evening OF all classes visit the Hosh
red light district All walk free of charge
along the gayighted main streets of this section The
small private side streets and gardens however re-
served for the and the cage-girs-women who get
their strange name cage-lke windows OF their
establishments In Japanese these girls called "jgoku"
which literally translated means hell women"
Stad government officials, army officers petty shop
keepers bands of children all and these dens
TO watch the jgou they entcingy drape themselves
beside screens and ardneres IN ther ghtterng cuoc
spieer barker stands beside each main entrance in
Coney Island style and calls out the merits of his partcu
establishment get the interest and possibly the
patronage of the passersby.
The Yoshiwara park Tokyo is a small city In it
least 5000 girls who have been leased by their
parents jigoku. The girls receive little money
themselves of their rich earnings going to the pro-
pretor and to their parents.
Although the imperial government officially sanctions
the Yoshwara 1t been concusivey proven that
the government 1t to make money The government
seemingly satisfied enough make pleasures
for it's citizens.
the jgoku young ranging age
from II % Most the cagegirls from
poor parents They leased by their fathers for term
of several years
Occasionally a brother arranges the lease his
when the father is dead has resigned head Of the
family. The girls wishes immateral-they have
been trained from childhood do exactly the
the family wishes and it is just waste of time
TO rebel against parental family authority The
therefore most cases, meekly accept their lot
The Japanese nothing disgracefu in the Yoshwara
and age-girls much admired a school
other countries. married with family of
is respected for his manness frequenng the
After jigoku has completed the terms Of her lease
she seek husband Most Of the do marry,
and better than they would have done in their small
villages. Retired jigoku in fact preferred by many
men, Like the cities the farm villages too, have their
Yoshiwara sections These not elaborate Tokyo
they purpose adc-
quatey these smaller towns the cage
An no Wa
cagegr herself Many of these old retired jgoku
their teeth blacked the style generation ago
and present anything but pleasing appearance But then
they not the main attraction.
The official sanction of Yoshwara started 1926 At
that time all the jgoku in Tokyo moved into single
glorfed district which converted into pleasure
park. Remote villages which built religious
shrnes temples boast large Yoshiwara. During day
the pious pilgrims who may stay for week shrine
their prayers for the priests and images the
evening they while away the hours with the girls At
shrines cage-grs go out looking
for customers at twilight but it is all very decorous and
sanctioned by years of tradition.
Many special passed protect the in
teress cage-women. For example they are not
liable any debts they may contract But greater legal
protection is given the agents who girls A
cagegr for instance cannot leave the Yoshwara unless
she has special permission.
one cage-girls wants to away from her
way of life she do legally by returning the money
paid by the lease The cagegrs never have this money
but occasionally rich customer will put up amount
so he can with him to become a permanent
fixture in his house.
The Japs have peculiar sentimental attachment for
cagewomen. In the great Tokyo fire hundreds of
the golu girls of Tokyo sought to escape the holocaust
by climbing into large but shallow artificial lake the
But the fire grew in fierceness the water the
began boil and turned into cauldron
filled with the cooked bodies of the capitals favorite
beauties.
large granite monument erected and inscrip-
ton memoralzes their cruel death - death, however
frghtfu which many might think would be welcome re-
their cage-fe Incense is often burned at this
monument voary to these departed goku is said
has been placing the incense there and
there many Japs who believe it is celestial miracle