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"Gan no Sho (Novel) by Kitazawa Kiyoji, Kawara"

Shimo-kawaramachi was once a red-light district. A woman named Yamazaki Chika, who was a geisha at an establishment in the district named "Yukido," was the mother of the great writer Muro Saisei. He is believed to have been born in Takaoka, according to an essay by his daughter Asako, "The Secret of My Father, Muro Saisei.

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