The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku by J.E. de Becker

The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku

J.E. de Becker

480 pages first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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An illuminating account of Yoshiwara, Edo's licensed quarters; the city within a city which housed old Tokyo's prostitutes from 1617 to 1957. All aspects of the history and culture of this settlement are beautifully recorded.

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