Among the ukiyo-zoshi chapbooks written in the Hoei Period are a group of stories with "yakei" in their titles. The obsolete word is a compound of "yaro" (male prostitutes) and "keisei" (female prostitutes). The leading figure of this genre is Ejima-Kiseki. Those stories reflect the "yakei" controversy of this age in which woman's or man's superiority in prostitution was hotley discussed. Thus Ejima's work shows not only the literary trend of his age but also the conflicting definitions of prostitution and sexuality in the society.