Manga like Oiran Nee-san

What is Oiran Nee-san about?

Status: Finished

A "kamuro" is a young girl who takes care of and runs various errands for a courtesan, and at the same time studies the art for herself. The way kamuro would refer to their respective courtesans as "big sister" gave rise to the word "oiran", the most elite courtesans in Edo-era Japan. This story takes place in a brothel called Shinkiro in notorious Yoshiwara red-light district, starring an oiran known to many as the "Courtesan from Hell", a super popular sadist specialist named Hashidate. Her personal kamuro, Namiji, narrates the story, and paints a picture of Hashidate that most would never expect. A variety of customers, including townsfolk, samurai, and high-rollers, are in full force as Namiji recounts these fantastic tales!

Tags: Oiran , Found Family , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , POV , Historical , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Slapstick

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Sakuran

Also known as Sakuran.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Romance

The story follows Kiyoha, sold into a brothel as a child and forced to work as a maid and her rise to prominence as one of the top-ranking courtesans in Yoshiwara. The allure of the "flower and willow world" as it was called by artists in the day is underscored by the very real tragedy, heartbreak and difficult lives led by those seemingly glamorous courtesans. Will Kiyoha's fox-like wiles give her a chance to break free of her gilded cage? Or will her fighting spirit ruin her chances of ever escaping the brothel?

Tags: Oiran , Historical , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Prostitution , Time Skip , Orphan , Nudity

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Chiruhi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Prostitution , Historical , Anthology , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Rural , Oiran , Seinen , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Youkai

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Chou no Michiyuki

Also known as Flight of the Butterflies.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

"Sorry—I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long..."

Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district—where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist Kan Takahama comes a tale of love and death: a beautiful courtesan, a man on his deathbed, and their secret past...

Notes: Nominated to the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Oiran , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity

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Bikachou Shinshi Kaikoroku

Also known as Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Perverts are people who know the shape of their desires. They have carefully traced those contours like a blind man using both hands to measure the shape of a vase. Colette works in a brothel in early 20th century Paris, an occupation she can't escape. She and the other girls support each other, satisfying the desires of their clients, day in, day out. The one source of hope in her difficult life was her trysts with Leon. But Colette could never be sure if Leon really loved her... The strength of women in their pleasurable confines; the naked desires of the 'amorous gentlemen.' Welcome to a beautiful, bewitching bordello of love and desire..

Tags: Josei , Writing , Nudity , Work , Prostitution , Psychosexual , Female Protagonist , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Bisexual

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