Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan by Cecilia Segawa Seigle

Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan

Cecilia Segawa Seigle

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Drawing on both historical and literary sources, examines life in the pleasure houses of Japan during the Edo period from the early 1600s to 1868. Among the topics are the origins, illegal competitors, the cost of a visit, the treatment of the cou...

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