The nightless city; or, The "history of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku"

by J. E. De Becker

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THE
NIGHTLESS CITY

�夜城

OR THE “HISTORY OF
THE YOSHIWARA YŪKWAKU�

By J. E. DE BECKER

Twenty Years a Resident of Japan

“Virtuous men have said, both in poetry and classic works, that houses of debauch, for women of pleasure and for street-walkers, are the worm-eaten spots of cities and towns. But these are necessary evils, and if they be forcibly abolished, men of unrighteous principles will become like ravelled thread.�

73rd section of the “Legacy of Ieyasu,� (the first Tokugawa Sh�gun.)

With Numerous Illustrations

Third Edition Revised

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