Contents

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History of the Yoshiwara YÅ«kwaku[1]
Nihon-dzutsumi (The Dyke of Japan)[15]
Mi-kaeri Yanagi (Gazing back Willow-tree)[16]
Yoshiwara Jinja (Yoshiwara Shrine)[17]
The “Aisome-zakura� (Cherry-tree of First Meeting)[18]
The “Koma-tsunagi-matsu� (Colt tethering Pine-tree)[18]
The “Ryo-jin no Ido� (Traveller’s Well)[18]
Government Edict-board and Regulations at the ÅŒmon (Great Gate)[18]
The Present ÅŒmon[19]
Of the Reasons why going to the Yoshiwara was called “Ch� ye Yuku�[21]
Classes of Brothels[21]
Hikite-jaya (“Introducing Tea-houses�)[28]
The JÅ«-hachi-ken-jaya (Eighteen Tea-houses)[41]
The “Amigasa-jaya� (Braided Hat Tea-houses)[42]
The “Kujaku Nagaya�[42]
The “Kembansho�[43]
Classes of Prostitutes[44]
“Kamuro� (Young Female Pages)[52]
Shinz�[55]
Yarite (Female Managers)[59]
The “Kutsuwa�[62]
The “Wakaimono� (Male Servants)[63]
H�kan and Geisha[67]
The Europeanization of the Yoshiwara and the Introduction of Loochooan Courtesans[84]
Zegen (Procurers)[85]
The Dress of Courtesans[94]
Coiffures of the YÅ«jo[99]
Rooms of the YÅ«jo[104]
Tsumi-yagu_no_koto[108]
S�bana (“All round tips�)[112]
Shokwai (First Meeting) and Mi-tate (Selection of Women)[112]
I-tsuzuke no koto[118]
O cha wo hiku to iū koto[118]
Shiki-zome no soba-burumai no koto[119]
Shashin-mitate-ch� (Photograph Albums for Facilitating the Selection of Women)[121]
Signs and Cyphers Showing the fees of Courtesans[123]
System of Book-keeping in the Yoshiwara[124]
Brothel Advertisements[130]
Ageya no sashi-gami (Summons to the “Ageya�)[134]
Yoshiwara Dialect[136]
Magic Charms of the Yoshiwara[140]
Yoshiwara “Pot-pourri�[156]
Dai-ya no koto (Cook-houses of the Yoshiwara)[158]
Famous Things of the Yoshiwara[160]
Peddlers, Hawkers, and Beggars[160]
The Examination of Licensed Women at the Hospital for Venereal Complaints[163]
Results of Medical Inspection[166]
Mu-sen Yū-ky� (Going on a “Spree� without having any money to pay for it)[167]
Yoshiwara-gayoi no Jinrikisha. (The Jinrikisha Traffic of the Yoshiwara)[170]
Sanya-uma da-chin-dzuké (The Cost of Hiring Horses to and from the Yoshiwara)[174]
By�-chū oyobi In-shoku no koto (Of the Sickness of Prostitutes and of Their Meals)[176]
Hiké no koto (Closing Hours in the Yoshiwara)[177]
K�ch� no koto (The Next Morning)[177]
Hiru-jimai Yo-jimai no koto (The Day and Night Engagements of Courtesans)[177]
Raku-seki no koto (The Removal of Names from the Register of the Yoshiwara)[178]
Gwaishutsu oyobi t�b� (Exit and Flight from the Yoshiwara)[180]
Yūjo by�-shi oyobi j�-shi no koto (Of the Death and Double-suicide of Courtesans)[183]
Shin-Yoshiwara no Bodaiji (The Cemetery of the Shin-Yoshiwara)[186]
Karitaku no koto (The Temporary Prostitute Quarter)[186]
D�chū no koto oyobi tsuki-dashi no koto (The Processions of Yūjo and the First Appearance of “Recruits� in the Yoshiwara)[191]
Yo-misé “Suga-gaki� no koto (The Night Exhibition and the Suga-gaki)[201]
Daijin-mai no koto (Dancing of Millionaires)[206]
Daikoku-mai no koto (Daikoku-mai Dancing)[210]
Introductory Songs of the “Daikoku-mai�[211]
Dote-bushi no koto oyobi Hayari-uta (Dote-bushi (Songs) and Popular Songs)[214]
Annals of a Year[217]
Naka-no-ch� no Hana-ue (Flower-planting in the Naka-no-ch�)[229]
T�r� no koto (Lanterns)[232]
Niwaka Dancing[235]
Tori-no-machi[245]
Yoshiwara Nana-fushigi (The Seven Mysteries of the Yoshiwara)[246]
Yoshiwara no Ky�-ka (Comic Poetry)[247]
Yoshiwara Kwai-rok-ki (Chronology of Fire Disasters in the Yoshiwara)[248]
Furi-sodé Kwaji (The Great Fire of Meireki)[254]
Mei-gi ryaku-den (Brief Sketches of the Lives of Famous Courtesans)[261]
Takao[261]
Hana-�gi[264]
Tamakoto[267]
Katsuyama[268]
Segawa[270]
Usugumo[271]
ÅŒsumi[274]
Ko-murasaki[275]
Kaoru[278]
Kokonoye[281]
Kinokuni-ya Bunzaemon[282]
The Laws Relating to the Control of Prostitution[288]
Forms of Contracts between Brothels and Courtesans[303]
The Medical Aspect[311]
Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara, 1898[315]
Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara. January to April 1899[315]
Statistics re Social Evil in Japan in 1898[316]
Pros and Cons[316]
Correspondence from the “Japan Times�[316]
Notes on “Jigoku� or Illicit Prostitutes[326]
Appendix
The Government of “The Nightless City�[331]
Details of “Employees� Books[342]
The Medical Inspection of Prostitutes[344]
Special Inspection[345]
Hospital Regulations[347]
Medical Statistics[359]
Digest of the Regulations of the Yoshiwara Guild[361]
The Validity of Debts[366]
“Yar��—“Peccatum illud horribile, inter Christianos non nominandum.�[367]
“Golgotha�—The Last Hours, Death, and Burial of a Courtesan[373]
Five Curious Legal Documents actually used in the Yoshiwara in 1902[380]