998 De Becker, J. E. (Joseph Ernest) (1863-1929)
The nightless city. 1899.

THE NIGHTLESS CITY, Or the HISTORY OF THE YOSHIWARA YUKWAKU BY AN ENGLISH STUDENT OF SOCIOLOGY ******. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
YOKOHAMA, Z. P. MARUYA & Co., L'd. MDCCCXCIX [1899].
[5], iv, [1], 441, [1], xix, [3], [1] p., [26] leaves of plates. 22 cm.

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目  次
CONTENTS.
History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku. 1
Nihon-dzutsumi (The Dyke of Japan). 23
Mi-kaeri Yanagi (Gazing back Willow-tree). 24
Yoshiwara Jinja (Yoshiwara shrine). 25
The Aisome-zakura (Cherry-tree of first meeting). 27
The Koma-tsunagi-matsu (Colt tethering pine-tree). 27
The Ryojin no Ido (Travellers Well). 27
Government Edict-board and regulations at the Omon (Great Gate). 27
The present Omon. 28
Of the reasons why going to the Yoshiwara was called Cho ye Yuku. 31
Classes of Brothels. 31
Hikite-jaya (Introducing Tea-houses). 40
The Ju-hachi-ken-jaya (Eighteen Tea-houses). 58
The Amigasa-jaya (Braided hat tea-houses). 59
The Kujaku Nagaya. 61
The Kembansho. 62
Classes of Prostitutes. 64
Kamuro (Young female pages). 74
Shinzo. 80
Yarite (female managers). 85
The Kutsuwa. 90
The Wakaimono (Male Servants). 92
Hokan and Geisha. 97
The Europeanization of the Yoshiwara and the introduction of Loochooan courtesans. 122
Zegen (Procurers). 124
The Dress of Courtesans. 137
Coiffures of the Yujo. 145
Rooms of the Yujo. 152
Tsumi-yagu no koto. 158
Sobana (All round tips). 163
Shokwai (First meeting) and Mi-tate (Selection of women). 164
I-tsuzuke no koto. 173
O cha wo hiku to iu koto. 173
Shiki-zome no soba-burumai no koto. 174
Shashin-mitate-cho (Photograph albums for facilitating the selection of women). 177
Signs and cyphers showing the fees of courtesans. 180
System of book-keeping in the Yoshiwara. 181
Brothel advertisements. 189
Ageya no sashi-gami (Summons to the Ageya). 195
Yoshiwara Dialect. 198
Magic charms of the Yoshiwara. 205
Yoshiwara Pot-pourri. 215
Dai-ya no koto (Cookhouses of the Yoshiwara). 218
Famous things of the Yoshiwara. 222
Peddlers, Hawkers, and Beggars. 222
The examination of licensed women at the hospital for venereal complaints. 226
Results of Medical Inspection. 231
Mu-sen Yu-kyo (Going on a Spree withont having any money to pay for it). 232
Yoshiwara-gayoi no Jinrikisha (The jinrikisha traffic of the Yoshiwara). 236
Sanya-uma da-chin-dzuke (The cost of hiring horses to and from the Yoshiwara). 242
Byo-chu oyobi In-shoku no koto (Of the sickness of prostitutes and of their meals). 245
Hike no koto (Closing hours in the Yoshiwara). 246
Kocho no koto (The next morning). 246
Hiru-jimai Yo-jimai no koto (The day and night engagements of courtesans). 247
Raku-seki no koto (The removal of names from the register of the Yoshiwara). 247
Gwaishutsu oyobi tobo (Exit and flight from the Yoshiwara). 250
Yujo byo-shi oyobi jo-shi no koto (Of the Death and double-suicide of courtesans). 255
Shin-Yoshiwara no Bodaiji (The Cemetery of the Shin-Yoshiwara). 260
Karitaku no koto (The temporary prostitute quarter). 261
Dochu no koto oyobi tsuki-dashi no koto (The processions of yujo and the first appearance of recruits in the Yoshiwara). 267
Yo-mise Suga-gaki no koto (The night exhibition and the sugagaki). 283
Daijin-mai no koto (Dancing of millionaires). 291
Daikoku-mai no koto (Daikoku-mai dancing). 296
Introductory songs of the Daikoku-mai. 298
Dote-bushi no koto oyobi Hayari-uta (Dote-bushi (songs) and popular songs). 302
Annals of a year. 307
Naka-no-cho no Hana-ue (Flower-planting in the Naka-no-cho). 325
Toro no koto (Lanterns). 329
Niwaka Dancing. 334
Tori-no-machi (The fete of Otori no Kami). 349
Yoshiwara Nana-fushigi (The seven Mysteries of the Yoshiwara). 350
Yoshiwara no Kyo-ka (Comic Poetry). 352
Yoshiwara Kwai-rok-ki (Chronology of fire disasters in the Yoshiwara). 353
Furisode Kwaji (The Great fire of Meireki). 362
Mei-gi ryaku-den (Brief sketches of the lives of famous courtesans). 373
Takao. 373
Hana-ogi. 378
Tamakoto. 382
Katsuyama. 384
Segawa. 387
Usugumo. 389
Osumi. 393
Ko-murasaki. 395
Kaoru. 400
Kokonoye. 403
Kinokuni-ya Bunzaemon. 406
The Laws relating to the control of prostitution. 415
Forms of Contracts between brothels and courtesans. 432
Appendix.
The Medical Aspect. i
Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara, 1898. v
Result of Medical Inspection in the Shin-Yoshiwara. January to April 1899. vi
Pros and Cons. vii
Correspondence from the Japan Times. vii
Notes on Jigoku or Illicit prostitutes. xviii
Kappore set to foreign music.

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記載書誌
WENCKSTERN II, p. 341. NIPPONALIA I, 1067. BLUM I, 545.