In the Edo period, other than Yukaku licensed by the government, there were partly-admitted Meshimori hatago (inn where a woman provide food and service) in an inn town and whorehouses called Okabasho in a temple town.
江戸時代、公許の遊廓以外には、宿場町にあって半ば公認の飯盛旅籠や、門前町などには岡場所（おかばしょ）と呼ばれる私娼窟があった。