The nightless city, or, The history of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku. With a new foreword by Terence Barrow (edit title/settings)

by J. E. De Becker (Author) (edit contributors)

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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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Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Urban
Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Culture
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Books › History › Asia › Japan

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