歴(れき)史(し)については、日(に)本(ほん)にトルコ風(ぶ)呂(ろ)が生(う)まれる直(ちょく)前(ぜん)から夕(ゆう)刊(かん)紙(し)や週(しゅう)刊(かん)誌(し)の取(しゅ)材(ざい)記(き)者(しゃ)として活(かつ)躍(やく)し、当(とう)時(じ)の風(ふう)俗(ぞく)の最(さい)前(ぜん)線(せん)にいた広(ひろ)岡(おか)圭(けい)一(いち)氏(し)の名(めい)著(ちょ)『トルコロジートルコ風(ぶ)呂(ろ)専(せん)門(もん)記(き)者(しゃ)の報(ほう)告(こく)』がある。
Rekishi ni tsuite wa, Nihon ni Toruko-buro ga umareru chokuzen kara yūkanshi ya shūkanshi no shuzai kisha to shite katsuyaku shi, tōji no fūzoku no saizensen ni ita Hirooka Keiichi shi no meicho “Torukorojī Toruko-buro senmon kisha no hōkoku” ga aru.For history there is a famous book, Report of a specialist in Turkology and Turkish baths, by Keiichi Hirooka, a reporter for evening newspapers and weekly magazines at the time when Turkish baths were newly established in Japan and were at the forefront of the sex industry.