Ejima affair

Japanese history

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In Kaigetsudō Ando
…a scandal known as the Ejima affair. (This scandal involved an affair between noted Kabuki actor Ikushima Shingorō and the highborn Lady Ejima, a member of the shogun’s court. Both were exiled—to different places.) Ando may have resumed his original trade upon his pardon and return to Edo in 1722,…
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