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

by J. E. De Becker

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YOKOHAMA. JAPAN.

Contents

	PAGE.
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]

List of Illustrations.

	FACING PAGE.
Map of the Yoshiwara in 1846	[Preface]
Present Plan of the Yoshiwara	[After Preface]
Procession of Courtesans	[1]
Artist Painting Mural Decorations	[14]
A Familiar Guest in a Brothel	[16]
The “Ō-mon� or Entrance Gateway of the Yoshiwara	[18]
Street scene in the “Naka-no-ch��	[22]
Entertainment given by a Redeemed YÅ«jo	[28]
Guests Diverting Themselves with Geisha	[28]
A Guest being Conducted to a Brothel	[28]
Outside a Third-class Brothel at Night	[36]
Types of Modern Courtesans	[44]
An Ancient “Shiraby�shi�	[46]
A “Yobidashi� of the Yoshiwara	[46]
Type of Modern Courtesan in “State� Costume	[48]
Type of Dress Worn by a Courtesan	[50]
Modern Courtesan and Her Attendants	[52]
Modern Courtesan, Attendant, and Kamuro	[54]
The Début of a “Shinz��	[56]
Geisha, Dancing the “Kapporé�	[68]
Geisha, H�kan, and Guest	[72]
A Rainy Day in the Yoshiwara	[104]
Courtesan Making Her Toilette	[106]
Courtesans Composing Letters to their Guests	[106]
Arranging “Tsumi-yagu�	[108]
Introduction of Courtesans to Guests	[112]
Courtesans Making Their Toilettes	[114]
Interior of a Brothel at Night	[116]
Guest Detained by “Love and Stress of Weather�	[118]
Courtesans on Their “Rounds�	[120]
Guests Making Their Toilettes	[122]
The “San-ya-uma�	[177]
Modern Courtesans in Their “Cages�	[202]
Street scene in the Yoshiwara a Hundred Years Ago	[206]
Courtesans about to pay New Year’s visits	[218]
Gathering of Courtesans at the “Hassaku�	[224]
Preparing “Mochi� for the New Year	[228]
Courtesans Viewing Cherry Blossoms.	[230]
Illuminated Lanterns	[232]
The “Feast of Lanterns�	[232-a]
Night scene in the Yoshiwara	[234]
The “Niwaka-odori� (1801 to 1803)	[236]
Modern “Niwaka-odori�	[240]
The “Tori-no-machi�	[244]
A Fire in the Yoshiwara	[248]
Inspection Day	[346]
The “Yar��	[368]
The Grave of a Courtesan	[372]
Tombs of “Double-suicides�	[376]
The “Mu-en-dzuka�	[378]

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Map of the Yoshiwara in 1846.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.