This well is situated about the centre of the Go-jik-ken-michi, on the right hand side.
Government Edict-board and Regulations at the ÅŒmon.
Up to the time of the Restoration—some 30 odd years ago—the following official regulations were posted up before the Ō-mon (great gateway) of the Yoshiwara:—
The “Ō-mon� or Entrance Gateway of the Yoshiwara.
“Persons other than doctors are forbidden to enter riding in Kago (palanquin) or norimono (sedan chair).
“Long weapons are forbidden.�[15] [This meant spears or long swords, and also other warlike weapons which formed part of the ordinary paraphernalia of a Daimy�’s (noble’s) train.]�
The Present ÅŒmon.
On the present Ō-mon (great gateway) are inscribed the following characters from the pen of Mr. Fukuchi Genichir� (a well-known playwright) better known under his nom de plume of “Ōchi Koji�:—
春夢æ£æ¿ƒæ»¿è¡—櫻雲。 秋信先通兩行燈影