The Project Gutenberg eBook of The nightless city; or, The "history of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku"
Title: The nightless city; or, The "history of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku"
Author: J. E. De Becker
Release date: November 11, 2022 [eBook #69328]
Most recently updated: June 9, 2025
Language: English
Original publication: Japan: Max Nössler & Co, 1906
Credits: an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer.
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THE
NIGHTLESS CITY
不夜城
OR THE “HISTORY OF
THE YOSHIWARA YŪKWAKU”
By J. E. DE BECKER
Twenty Years a Resident of Japan
“Virtuous men have said, both in poetry and classic works, that houses of debauch, for women of pleasure and for street-walkers, are the worm-eaten spots of cities and towns. But these are necessary evils, and if they be forcibly abolished, men of unrighteous principles will become like ravelled thread.”
73rd section of the “Legacy of Ieyasu,” (the first Tokugawa Shōgun.)
With Numerous Illustrations
Third Edition Revised
Yokohama
Shanghai Bremen
MAX NÖSSLER & Co.
London
PROBSTHAIN & Co.
14 Bury Street, W.C.
Copyright,
BY THE AUTHOR.
All rights reserved.
PRINTED BY
THE BOX OF CURIOS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.,
YOKOHAMA. JAPAN.