Ethel Longstreet: 1 book
Yoshiwara
Geishas, Courtesans, and the Pleasure Quarters of Old Tokyo
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2011
"Lust will not keep…Something must be done about it."—inscription at the entrance to Yoshiwara
For over a hundred years the Western world has heard whispers of the pleasure city, Yoshiwara, set behind its walls in the city of Edo itself, which is today called Tokyo. Here was an...
