Appendix
The Government of “The Nightless City” 331
Details of “Employees” Books 342
The Medical Inspection of Prostitutes 344
Special Inspection 345
Hospital Regulations 347
Medical Statistics 359
Digest of the Regulations of the Yoshiwara Guild 361
The Validity of Debts 366
“Yarō”—“Peccatum illud horribile, inter Christianos non nominandum.” 367
“Golgotha”—The Last Hours, Death, and Burial of a Courtesan 373
Five Curious Legal Documents actually used in the Yoshiwara in 1902 380
List of Illustrations.
FACING PAGE.
Map of the Yoshiwara in 1846 Preface
Present Plan of the Yoshiwara After Preface
Procession of Courtesans 1
Artist Painting Mural Decorations 14
A Familiar Guest in a Brothel 16
The “Ō-mon” or Entrance Gateway of the Yoshiwara 18
Street scene in the “Naka-no-chō” 22
Entertainment given by a Redeemed Yūjo 28
Guests Diverting Themselves with Geisha 28
A Guest being Conducted to a Brothel 28
Outside a Third-class Brothel at Night 36
Types of Modern Courtesans 44
An Ancient “Shirabyōshi” 46
A “Yobidashi” of the Yoshiwara 46
Type of Modern Courtesan in “State” Costume 48
Type of Dress Worn by a Courtesan 50
Modern Courtesan and Her Attendants 52
Modern Courtesan, Attendant, and Kamuro 54
The Début of a “Shinzō” 56
Geisha, Dancing the “Kapporé” 68
Geisha, Hōkan, and Guest 72
A Rainy Day in the Yoshiwara 104
Courtesan Making Her Toilette 106
Courtesans Composing Letters to their Guests 106
Arranging “Tsumi-yagu” 108