The Nightless City: Geisha and Courtesan Life in Old Tokyo
Written over a century ago, this pioneer study was the first to venture behind the teahouse doors of the Yoshiwara quarter, Tokyo's red-light district. It remains unsurpassed as the definitive survey of geisha and courtesan life, with meticulous descriptions of traditional training, dress, social hierarchy, and erotic practices. 49 black-and-white illustrations; 2 maps.
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This unsurpassed study from 100 years ago ventured into Tokyo's red-light district to survey geisha and courtesan life and offer meticulous descriptions of training, dress, social hierarchy, and erotic practices. 49 black-and-white illustrations; 2 maps.
History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku 1Nihon-dzutsumi (The Dyke of Japan) 15Mi-kaeri Yanagi (Gazing back Willow-tree) 16Yoshiwara Jinja (Yoshiwara Shrine) 17The "Aisome-zakura" (Cherry-tree of First Meeting) 18The "Koma-tsunagi-matsu" (Colt tethering Pine-tree) 18The "Ryojin no Ido" (Traveller's Well) 18Government Edict-board and Regulations at the Omon (Great Gate) 18The Present Omon 19Of the Reasons why going to the Yoshiwara was called "Cho ye Yuku" 21Classes of Brothels 21Hikite-jaya ("Introducing Tea-houses") 28The Ju-hachi-ken-jaya (Eighteen Tea-houses) 41The "Amigasa-jaya" (Braided Hat Tea-houses) 42The "Kujaku Nagaya" 42The "Kembansho" 43Classes of Prostitutes 44"Kamuro" (Young Female Pages) 52Shinzo 55Yarite (Female Managers) 59The "Kutsuwa" 62The "Wakaimono" (Male Servants) 63Hokan and Geisha 67The Europeanization of the Yoshiwara and the Introduction of Loo-chooan Courtesans 84Zegen (Procurers) 85The Dress of Courtesans 94Coiffures of the Yujo 99Rooms of the Yujo 104Tsumi-yagu no koto 108Sobana ("All round tips") 112Shokwai (First Meeting) and Mi-tate (Selection of Women) 112I-tsuzuke no koto 118O cha wo hiku to iu koto 118Shiki-zome no soba-burumai no koto 119Shashin-mitate-cho (Photograph Albums for Facilitating the Selection of Women) 121Signs and Cyphers Showing the fees of Courtesans 123System of Book-keeping in the Yoshiwara 124Brothel Advertisements 130Ageya no sashi-gami (Summons to the "Ageya") 134Yoshiwara Dialect 136Magic Charms of the Yoshiwara 140Yoshiwara "Pot-pourri" 156Dai-ya no koto (Cook-houses of the Yoshiwara) 158Famous Things of the Yoshiwara 160Peddlers, Hawkers, and Beggars 160The Examination of Licensed Women at the Hospital for Venereal Complaints 163Results of Medical Inspection 166Mu-sen Yukyo (Going on a "Spree" without having any money to pay for it) 167Yoshiwara-gayoi no Jinrikisha (The Jinrikisha Traffic of the Yoshiwara) 170Sanya-uma da-chin-dzuke (The Cost of Hiring Horses to and from the Yoshiwara 174Byo-chu oyobi In-shoku no koto (Of the Sickness of Prostitutes and of Their Meals) 176Hike no koto (Closing Hours in the Yoshiwara) 177Kocho no koto (The Next Morning) 177Hiru-jimai Yo-jimai no koto (The Day and Night Engagements of Courtesans) 177Raku-seki no koto (The Removal of Names from the Register of the Yoshiwara) 178Gwaishutsu oyobi tobo (Exit and Flight from the Yoshiwara) 180Yujo byo-shi oyobi jo-shi no koto (Of the Death and Double-suicide of Courtesans) 183Shin-Yoshiwara no Bodaiji (The Cemetery of the Shin-Yoshiwara) 186Karitaku no koto (The Temporary Prostitute Quarter) 186Dochu no koto oyobi tsuki-dashi no koto (The Processions of Yujo and the First Appearance of "Recruits" in the Yoshiwara) 191Yo-mise "Suga-gaki" no koto (The Night Exhibition and the Sugagaki) 201Daijin-mai no koto (Dancing of Millionaires) 206Daikoku-mai no koto (Daikoku-mai Dancing) 210Introductory Songs of the "Daikoku-mai" 211Dote-bushi no koto oyobi Hayari-uta (Dote-bushi (Songs) and Popular Songs) 214Annals of a Year 217Naka-no-cho no Hana-ue (Flower-planting in the Naka-no-cho) 229Toro no koto (Lanterns) 232Niwaka Dancing 235Tori-no-machi 245Yoshiwara Nana-fushigi (The Seven Mysteries of the Yoshiwara) 246Yoshiwara no Kyo-ka (Comic Poetry) 247Yoshiwara Kwai-rok-ki (Chronology of Fire Disasters in the Yoshiwara) 248Furisode Kwaji (The Great Fire of Meireki) 254Mei-gi ryaku-den (Brief Sketches of the Lives of Famous Courtesans) 261Takao 261Hana-ogi 264Tamakoto 267Katsuyama 268Segawa 270Usugumo 271Osumi 274Ko-murasaki 275Kaoru 278Kokonoye 281Kinokuni-ya Bunzaemon 282The Laws Relating to the Control of Prostitution 288Forms of Contracts between Brothels and Courtesans 305The Medical Aspect 311Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara, 1898 315Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara. January to April 1899 315Statistics re Social Evil in Japan in 1898 316Pros and Cons 316Correspondence from the "Japan Times" 316Notes on "Jigoku" or Illicit Prostitutes 326AppendixThe Government of "The Nightless City" 331Details of "Employees" Books 342The Medical Inspection of Prostitutes 344Special Inspection 345Hospital Regulations 347Medical Statistics 359Digest of the Regulations of the Yoshiwara Guild 361The Validity of Debts 366"Yaro"-"Peccatum illud horribile, inter Christianos non nominandum" 367"Golgotha"-The Last Hours, Death, and Burial of a Courtesan 373Five Curious Legal Documents actually used in the Yoshiwara in 1902 380
