[KS] Ogu?

[Bill Streifer]

I've been trying to understand what Ogu means? I found a Tokyo (Ogu) which was a poor/industrial section of "town" during WWII, but I also found Ogu in other Japanese cities. Then I found "Ogu-kut," the Korean ritual of purification for the dead. Can anyone explain what "Ogu" means, as applied to Tokyo?

-- Bill Streifer
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