Courtesans, prostitutes & whores

To change, not only the subject, but the sensual orientation, Japanesme has an ongoing series of images--Japanese to French, and French to the wide wide west...

...on, as the title of this thread indicates: courtesans, prostitutes and whores... which also serve to designate distinctions of class. If you don't link to, or regularly visit this blog, here's a hint of what you've missed.

And do scroll back to the earlier posts...