books.google.com - Yoshiwara is the first attempt in nearly a century to give a comprehensive and detailed account of Edo-period Japan's legendary pleasure quarter. The book begins with a brief history of prostitution in Japan and follows with a survey of the Yoshiwara from its origins in the early 1600s to shortly after...http://books.google.com/books/about/Yoshiwara.html?id=4T-kJB8vKvcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareYoshiwara
