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are the working staff that provide many services at the in Japan. ==Origin of the word== In Japanese, ''Sansuke'' means three types of services: ''kamataki'' (stoking of the boiler), ''yukagen wo miru'' (checking the temperature of the bath water), and ''bandai ''(fee collection). It was an occasional duty for the Sansuke to provide the service of washing off dirt or brushing. For this reason, the image of ''Sansuke'' as ''the service to the visitor in the bathhouse'' was generalized emphasizing this role. When smallpox occurred around the ''Nara'' era, the , the 's empress build the bathhouse and devoid to the treatment of the patients by herself. Three chamberlains helped the Empress during that time. They called them ''Sansuke ''(三典), and this name became the origin of ''Sansuke'' (三助). 〔浜野卓也『光明皇后』さ・え・ら書房、1981年 ISBN 978-4-378-02103-4〕 During the Edo era, a , or was wildly described as ''Sansuke'' as well.〔大辞泉〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sansuke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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