The Nightless City

About this eBook

Author

De Becker, J. E. (Joseph Ernest), 1863-1929

Title

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

Original Publication

Japan: Max Nössler & Co.,1906.

Credits

an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer.

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Yoshiwara (Tokyo, Japan) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69328

Release Date

November 11, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NIGHTLESS CITY
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.List of Illustrations.
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
5. 5.PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
6. 6.History of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku. 1 — Nihon-dsutsumi. ( The Dyke of Japan. ) — Mi-kaeri Yanagi. ( Gazing back Willow-tree. ) — Yoshiwara Jinja. ( Yoshiwara Shrine. ) — The “Aisome-zakura.” ( Cherry-tree of first meeting. ) AND The “Koma-tsunagi-matsu.” ( Colt teathering pine-tree. ) — The “Ryo-jin no Ido.” ( Traveller’s Well. ) — Government Edict-board and Regulations at the Ōmon. — The Present Ōmon. — Of the Reason Why Going to the Yoshiwara was Called “Chō ye yuku.” — Classes of Brothels. — Hikite-jaya. 17 (“ Introducing Tea-houses. ”) — The Jū-hachi-ken-jaya. ( Eighteen Tea-houses. ) — The “Amigasa-jaya.” ( Braided hat tea-houses. ) — The “Kujaku Nagaya.” — The “Kembansho.” ( Office which manages the affairs of geisha and other professionals. ) — Classes of Prostitutes. — Kamuro. ( Young Female Pages. ) — Shinzō. — Yarite. ( Female Managers. ) — The “Kutsuwa.” — Wakaimono. ( Male Servants. ) — Hōkan and Geisha. — The Europeanization of the Yoshiwara and the Introduction of Loochooan Courtesans. — Zegen. ( Procurers. ) — The Dress of Courtesans. — Coiffures of the Yūjo. — Rooms of the Yūjo. — Tsumi-yagu no koto. ( The piling up and exhibition of bedding. ) — “Sōbana.” ( All round “tips.” ) — “Shokwai” AND “Mi-tate” ( First meeting ) AND ( Selection of women. ) — “I-tsudzuke no koto.” ( Spending several consecutive days in a brothel. ) — “O cha wo hiku” to iū koto. (“ Tea powdering. ”) — Shiki-zome no soba-burumai no koto. ( Presentation of buck-wheat macaroni to celebrate the first use of night-clothes. ) — “Shashin-mitate-chō.” ( Photograph albums for facilitating the selection of women. ) — Shōgi no nedan ai-jirushi. ( The signs and cyphers showing the fees of courtesans. ) — San-gyō chōmen no tsuke-kata. ( The system of book-keeping employed by brothels, tea-houses, and courtesans. ) — Yūjo no hiki-fuda. ( Brothel advertisements. ) — Ageya no sashi-gami. ( Summons to the “Ageya.” ) — “Kuruwa-kotoba” or Yoshiwara Dialect. — Shōgi no okonau juho. ( Magic charms practised by the Yoshiwara courtesans. ) — Some Queer Japanese Superstitions. — Yoshiwara “Pot-pourri.” — Dai-ya no koto. ( Cook-houses of the Yoshiwara. ) — Famous Things of the Yoshiwara ALSO Peddlers, Hawkers, and Beggars. — The Examination of Licensed Women at the Hospital for Venereal Complaints. — Results of Medical Inspection. — Mu-sen Yū-kyō. ( Going on a “Spree” without having any money to pay for it. ) — Yoshiwara-gayoi no Jinrikisha. ( The jinrikisha traffic of the Yoshiwara. ) — Sanya-uma da-chin-dzuké. ( The cost of hiring horses to and from the Yoshiwara. ) — Byō-chū oyobi In-shoku no koto. ( Of the sickness of prostitutes and of their meals. ) — Hiké no koto. ( Closing hours in the Yoshiwara. ) — Kōchō no koto. ( The next morning. ) — Hiru-jimai Yo-jimai no koto. ( The day and night engagements of courtesans. ) — Raku-seki no koto. ( The removal of names from the register of the Yoshiwara. ) — Gwaishutsu oyobi tōbō. ( Exit and flight from the Yoshiwara. ) — Yūjo byō-shi oyobi jō-shi no koto. 37 ( Of the death and double-suicide of courtesans. ) — Shin-Yoshiwara no Bodaiji. ( The Cemetery of the Shin-Yoshiwara. ) — Karitaku no Koto. ( The temporary prostitute quarter. ) — Dōchū no koto oyobi tsuki-dashi no koto. ( The procession of yūjo and the first appearance of “recruits” in the Yoshiwara. ) — Yo-misé “Suga-gaki” no koto. ( The night exhibition and the suga-gaki. ) — Daijin-mai no koto. ( Dancing of millionaires. ) — Daikoku-mai no koto. ( Daikoku-mai dancing. ) — INTRODUCTORY SONGS OF THE “DAIKOKU-MAI.” — Dote-bushi no koto oyobi Hayari-uta. [ Dote-bushi (songs) and popular songs. ] — Annals of a Year. — Naka-no-chō no Hana-ue. ( Flower-planting in the Naka-no-chō. ) — Tōrō no koto. ( Lanterns. ) — “Niwaka” Dancing. — Tori-no-machi. ( The fête of Ōtori no Kami. ) — Yoshiwara Nana-fushigi. ( The Seven Mysteries of the Yoshiwara. ) — Yoshiwara no Kyo-ka. ( Comic Poetry. ) — Yoshiwara Kwai-rok-ki. ( Chronology of fire disasters in the Yoshiwara. ) — Furi-sodé Kwaji. ( The Great Fire of Meireki. ) — Mei-gi ryaku-den. ( Brief sketches of the lives of famous courtesans. ) — Taka-o . — Hana-ōgi . — Tamakoto . — Katsuyama . — Segawa . — Usugumo . (Faint Clouds.) — Ōsumi . — Ko-murasaki (Little Purple.) ( The second of the name. ) — Kaoru ( Fragrance .) — Kokonoye ( Nine-folded .) — Kinokuni-ya Bunzaemon. — THE LAW RELATING TO BROTHELS 59 — Forms of Contracts between Brothels and Courtesans. — The Medical Aspect. 62 — Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara. 1898. — Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara. January to April 1899. — Statistics re Social Evil in Japan in 1898. — Pros and Cons. — Correspondence. A SOCIAL QUESTION. To the Editor of the “ Japan Times. ” — Note on “Jigoku” or Illicit Prostitutes.
7. 7.APPENDIX. — THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NIGHTLESS CITY. — Details of “ Employees ” Books. — The Medical Inspection of Prostitutes. — Special Inspection takes Place:— — Hospital Regulations. — Medical Statistics. — Digest of the Regulations of the Yoshiwara Guild. — The Validity of Debts. — Yarō. “ Peccatum illud horribile, inter Christianos non nominandum. ” — Golgatha. — Five Curious Legal Documents actually used in the Yoshiwara in 1902.
8. 8.Footnotes.

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