Edo-Era Names (1600-1868)

Men’s Names

• Commoner Men’s Names in Edo-Era Japan, part 1

Merchants’ Names from the Edo Shopping Guide (1824)

• Introduction
• Merchants’ Names by Pronunciation
• Merchants’ Names with Alternate Spellings
• First Elements of Merchants’ Names
• Suffixes Used in Merchants’ Names

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Women’s Names

• Women’s Names in Edo-Era Japan – The early Edo period, 1600-1700

Japanese Courtesans’ Names

• About Japanese Courtesans’ Names
• Japanese Courtesans’ Names
• Lower-Ranking Prostitutes’ Names

Geisha Names (1600-Present)

• Introduction
• Geisha Names: Adakichi to Fusao
• Geisha Names: Hamako to Kyoko
• Geisha Names: Mamefusa to Suzuko
• Geisha Names: Takamaru to Yukizono
• Geisha Names That Aren’t