num_pages: 480
description: An illuminating account of Yoshiwara, Edo's "licensed quarters"; the city within a city which housed old Tokyo's prostitutes from 1617 to 1957. All aspects of the history and culture of this settlement are beautifully recorded.
language: English
title: The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
titlecomplete: The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
genres: Historical, Sociology, History, Japan, Japanese History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Icg Muse Inc