This week I have an entry on an Edo landmark that no longer exists.
The rather un appetizingly named:
Ohaguro-dobu (Ditch of Black Teeth)
The ditch was filled in long ago, in fact I've walked over it while visiting the neighborhood.
Expect more Edo/Tokyo entries as I'm planning to focus on that interesting city for the next few months in my reading and writing.
2 comments:
Black teeth because women would sometimes color their teeth black because it was considered beautiful?
Yes
See my entry for ohaguro (blackening teeth)
http://www.koyagi.com/ACPages/aco.html#ohaguro
Also I have now added the kanji for Ohaguro-dobu.
Special thanks to Ono-san in Tokyo for helping me with this.
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