In its mid-17th to 19th century heyday, Yoshiwara was home to high-class courtesans who sold a world of luxurious closed-door entertainment and fantasy.

To regulate the sex industry, the Yoshiwara red-light district was originally built in ... in this location until the end of Japan's Edo period in 1868, but it went into decline as the country ...

Yoshiwara prospered in this location until the end of Japan's Edo period in 1868 ... Unlike the bright, brash Kabukicho red-light district in the central Shinjuku area of Tokyo, until recently ...

Yoshiwara prospered in this location until the end of Japan's Edo period in 1868 ... Unlike the bright, brash Kabukicho red-light district in the central Shinjuku area of Tokyo, until recently ...

Japan left as indelible a mark on the world of publishing and art as Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750–1797). A masterful entrepreneu ...

during the late Edo Period (1603-1867). When locals looked at the strange boat, they saw windows in its upper part and could make out that a woman inside it had red hair and eyebrows and was ...