Penulis: J. E. de Becker

When The Nightless City was first published in 1899, it was deemed taboo in polite circles. It is now considered a valuable historical document—albeit still provocative—as a pioneering …

Organized sex in Japan has always been big business, and nowhere was it more politely offered than in the Yoshiwara Yukwaku (red light district) of Tokyo. The appeal of the Yoshiwara was its wo …

In ‘The nightless city; or, The history of the Yoshiwara Ykkwaku’ by J. E. De Becker, readers are transported to the intriguing world of the Yoshiwara pleasure district in old Japan. De Becker’s book …