Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword, Matthew H. Sommer Acknowledgments A Note on Currency and Prices Introduction Part One: Regulation and the Logic of the Household 1. Adulterous Prostitutes, Pawned Wives, and Purchased Women: Female Bodies as Currency 2. Creating "Prostitutes": Benevolence, Profit, and the Construction of a Gendered Order 3. Negotiating the Gendered Order: Prostitutes as Daughters, Wives, and Mothers Part Two: Expansion and the Logic of the Market 4. From Household to Market: Child Sellers, "Widows," and Other Shameless People 5. Glittering Hair Ornaments and Barren Fields: Prostitution and the Crisis of the Countryside 6. Tora and the "Rules of the Pleasure Quarter" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Amy Stanley is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University.

Reviews

"An important book... Illuminates governance and economic change in early modern Japan... Highly recommended." -- S. A. Hastings, Purdue University Choice "Vivid and engaging... A compelling and meticulously researched piece on the evolving place of prostitutes in Early Modern Japanese culture." -- Sam Bieler, Urban Institute Criminal Law & Crim Justice Bks / Criminal Justice Abstracts "Fascinating and often tragic... Stanley's writing style is both exact and fresh... This book satisfies more than the academic." -- Kris Kosaka, Hokkaido International School Japan Times "An exceptionally sophisticated and extensive study ... A careful and nuanced retelling ... lively, insightful, and unique." -- David Eason Monumenta Nipponica