| 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 |
| Introduction of Courtesans to Guests | 112 |
| Courtesans Making Their Toilettes | 114 |
| Interior of a Brothel at Night | 116 |
| Guest Detained by “Love and Stress of Weather” | 118 |
| Courtesans on Their “Rounds” | 120 |
| Guests Making Their Toilettes | 122 |
| The “San-ya-uma” | 177 |
| Modern Courtesans in Their “Cages” | 202 |
| Street scene in the Yoshiwara a Hundred Years Ago | 206 |
| Courtesans about to pay New Year’s visits | 218 |
| Gathering of Courtesans at the “Hassaku” | 224 |
| Preparing “Mochi” for the New Year | 228 |
| Courtesans Viewing Cherry Blossoms. | 230 |
| Illuminated Lanterns | 232 |
| The “Feast of Lanterns” | 232-a |
| Night scene in the Yoshiwara | 234 |
| The “Niwaka-odori” (1801 to 1803) | 236 |
| Modern “Niwaka-odori” | 240 |
| The “Tori-no-machi” | 244 |
| A Fire in the Yoshiwara | 248 |
| Inspection Day | 346 |
| The “Yarō” | 368 |
| The Grave of a Courtesan | 372 |
| Tombs of “Double-suicides” | 376 |
| The “Mu-en-dzuka” | 378 |