MISTRESS-KEEPING IN JAPAN – Then and Now!

Do’s & Don’ts!

As in most countries, mistress-keeping in Japan has a long and institutionalized history [at one time the shoguns had access to as many as a thousand ladies-in-waiting; with ritualized customs involving how they chose companions for the night and how the young women were delivered to them].

The custom of mistress-keeping in Japan is no longer officially or socially approved, but it continues nevertheless on a large scale—with many curious elements…which the author describes in detail.

The book covers copious insights into how the nighttime entertainment trades work in Japan, and how they relate to business and politics on an equally massive scale. Good background reading for tourists and businessmen.

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Boyé Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Asia since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, journalist and editor. He is a graduate of Jōchi University in Tokyo, Japan and Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, USA. In addition to books on the business practices, social behavior and languages of China, Japan, Korea and Mexico he has written extensively about the plague of male dominance and the moral collapse of the U.S. and the Western world in general. Recent books include: CHINA Understanding & Dealing with the Chinese Way of Doing Business; JAPAN Understanding & Dealing with the NEW Japanese Way of Doing Business; AMERICA’S FAMOUS HOPI INDIANS; ARIZONA’S LORDS OF THE LAND [the Navajos] and SPEAK JAPANESE TODAY – A Little Language Goes a Long Way! To see a full list of his 60-plus books go to: www.authorsonlinebookshop.com. All of his titles are available from Amazon.com.