xvi, 492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-482) and index.
Contents
Part I: New Year -- 1. Hotels and Legends -- 2. In the Middle of the Road -- 3. The Family Mainstays -- 4. The Marriage Go-Round -- 5. High-School Confidential -- Part II: The Rites of Spring -- 6. Phallicism and Fertility -- 7. The Heian Idyll -- Part III: The Venereal Equinox -- 8. The Edo Period -- 9. The Great Outdoors -- 10. The Culture of Desire -- 11. Spring for Sale -- Part IV: Heatwaves in the Water Trade -- 12. Mizu Shobai-The Water Business -- 13. The Ladies Upstream -- 14. Sirens in the Silt -- 15. Stripping Japan Style: The Genital Circus -- 16. On the Dark Side -- Part V: A Quirk for All Seasons -- 17. The Cruel World -- 18. Naked Dissent -- 19. The Realm of the Sexless -- Part VI: A New Era -- 20. The Hard Road to Equality
