<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">pleasure quarters</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31380718</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:42:42</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">pleasure districts</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">pleasure quarter</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">quarters, pleasure</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Areas of a city in which courtesans are available, separate from the rest of the city, sometimes walled. Primary examples are the pleasure quarters of the Ming dynasty in China and of the Edo era of Japan. ]]></dc:description></metadata>