Title-page: THE NIGHTLESS CITY | OR THE HISTORY OF THE | YOSHIWARA | YŪKWAKU | BY J. E. DE BECKER | WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY TERENCE BARROW | 不夜城 | (吉原遊廓) | FIFTH EDITION, REVISED | CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY | Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan ||
Imprint: Representatives | Continental Europe: Boxerbooks, Inc., Zurich | British Isles: Prentice-Hall International, Inc., London | Australasia: Paul Flesch & Co., Pty. Ltd., Melbourne | Canada: M. G. Hurtig Ltd., Edmonton | Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan with editorial offices at Suido 1-chome, 2-6, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan | © 1971 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc. | All rights reserved | Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-142767 | International Standard Book No. 0-8048-0877-5 | First Tuttle edition published 1971 | 0230-000263-4615 | PRINTED IN JAPAN.
Description: Hardcover, 190 × 135 mm; original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine; dust jacket with colour illustration and lettering, spine sunned; embossed ownership stamp on front flyleaf “Library of Leonard L. Prue, LLP” (possibly Leonard L. Prue, American, 1949–1983); later reprint of the revised edition (first Tuttle edition 1971); originally published in 1899 by Z. P. Maruya & Co., Tokyo, anonymously.
Pagination: [i–v] vi–xxii, [2], [1] 2–386, 50 leaves of b/w plates, some folding.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japan: art, history, literature , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subject | 18th century , 19th century , Courtesans , Edo period , Geishas , History , Japan , Japanese history , Pleasure Quarters , Prostitution , Sex work , Shin-Yoshiwara , Social conditions , Social life and customs , Tokyo , Yoshiwara |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1971 |
| Edition | 5th edition |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Location | Bookshelf 5.5. |
| Acquisition year | 2019 |
