Sex in Edo (Best Shinsho) Yoshio Nagai The Edo period was uninhibited when it came to sex. People reveled in "sex." Wives of samurai were not actually chaste and freely engaged in affairs, men went night after night to "night crawling" (visiting women in their homes at night) and indulged in pleasure. Even couples pursued various sexual techniques to reach the pinnacle of pleasure. The author, who is well-versed in the sex culture of Edo, introduces the "sexual affairs of the 808 towns of Great Edo." The lively "stories of the joys, sorrows, and pleasures of the lower body" were born from the interest and desire for sex unique to that time. [Table of Contents] Part 1: The Lower Body of Edo The price of paper scraps is higher than that of women / The price of women sold to brothels / Did Edo have "image clubs" (similar to hostess clubs)? Geishas don't sell their bodies!? / The top vulgar word, the name of the female genitalia / Seeking a "tight!" "sucking!" famous vagina If you have a big nose, your "down there" is big too!? Various folk beliefs / Did Edo period have "paizuri" (oral sex)? "Sumata" (dry humping) existed in Edo / A sexual technique that has become extinct today!? "Ashikujiri" (a type of foot massage) Anal sex in Edo / Old women at the time!? Hesitating over mature women / "Peeping" was easy if you were so inclined Boatmen playing with the corpses of young women / What is "Imodengaku" (a type of food)? and more Part 2: Sex Crime Files The tragedy of night crawling that occurred in a samurai residence / The husband's affair was the cause!? The "penis-cutting" incident The bride was murdered on her wedding night / The unreasonable murder by a selfish man / The end of a daughter and disciple's elopement Surprisingly many affairs of samurai wives / Conspiring with the affair partner to kill the husband A cat bites the genitals / This time, a rat bites the "down there" The end of a troublesome sexual impulse / Resenting the remarriage of a divorced wife / Putting poison in the husband's lunch The Edo stalker also has a miserable end / The stepmother's jealousy prevents the former wife from achieving enlightenment Offering a penis to the deceased wife / The victim is a woman "The tragedy of abortion drugs" and more