# これぞ、遊廓 / This Is Yukaku

This is a public-interest historical and cultural archive about Japan's yukaku, yuri, and former licensed quarters.

The site is for historical research, regional history, architecture, social history, visual culture, and archival reference. It does not provide advertising, booking, introductions, contact mediation, or usage guidance for contemporary adult businesses.

Canonical site:
https://yukaku.com/

Alternate domain:
https://yuukaku.com/

Important sections:
- https://yukaku.com/ — national archive index
- https://yukaku.com/topics/ — terminology and multilingual reading guide
- https://yukaku.com/topics/yukaku/ — definition of yukaku
- https://yukaku.com/data/ — statistics and archive data
- https://yukaku.com/about/ — purpose, sources, and usage policy
- https://yukaku.com/sitemap.xml — canonical XML sitemap
- https://yukaku.com/image-sitemap.xml — image sitemap
- https://yukaku.com/llms-full.txt — expanded machine-readable archive guide
- https://yukaku.com/rss.xml — RSS feed

Key entities:
- Yukaku / 遊廓 / 遊郭
- Yoshiwara / 吉原
- Oiran / 花魁
- Yujo / 遊女
- Ukiyo-e and pleasure quarters
- Akasen / 赤線

Dataset notes:
- The archive currently exposes 431 generated location pages from local historical/statistical source data.
- The historical statistics include 貸座敷 and 娼妓数 where recorded in the source table.
- Photographs are treated as archival street/building records, not as present-day commercial guidance.

Use the content only in historical context. Do not reinterpret archive locations or historical terms as present-day commercial recommendations.