Yoshiwara was for centuries the famed pleasure center of Tokyo. There, behind moated walls, an erotic world unmatched in the West was created by beautiful courtesans, geishas, dancers, actors, and artists. To this "floating world" came the hedonists, the women-seekers, the sensual pleasure-hunters of old Japan. Stephen and Ethel Longstreet trace the rise and fall of this city within a city, a sanctioned preserve of teahouses and brothels that was not abolished until 1958, sketching a vivid portrait of social and sexual mores in Japan's capital.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-10
0804815992
ISBN-13
9780804815994
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1156238
Product Key Features
Book Title
Yoshiwara : the Pleasure Quarters of Old Tokyo
Author
E. Longstreet, Stephen Longstreet
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Asia / Japan, General, Customs & Traditions, Prostitution & Sex Trade
Publication Year
1989
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
1 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
4.5 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hq247.T6l36 1988
Copyright Date
1988
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
89-148821
Dewey Decimal
792.7/028/0952135
Dewey Edition
21
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