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Cruel Women Open Reader p. 99
Article #1345
A translated and adapted 1901 German work surveying allegedly cruel and sexually dominant women in history, including female rulers associated with corporal punishment, torture, execution, and the subjugation of men. The article combines historical anecdotes w...
Morimoto Aizō Kitan Club
December 1953
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Sentimental Education, Part Two Open Reader p. 105
Article #1346
The second installment of this translated erotic narrative follows Tatsuo and Yuki as their marriage develops through increasingly elaborate experiments in restraint, gagging, role-play, and controlled punishment. The story presents these scenes as a gradual e...
translated by Kurihara Azuma Kitan Club
December 1953
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MS Band Open Reader p. 115
Article #1347
A detailed illustrated guide to the “MS Band” (Masochism Band), explaining its construction, measurements, fittings, and use with ropes, handcuffs, and other restraints. The article emphasizes controlled self-binding and describes restrictive positions and pro...
Kiyama Sakugo, credit uncertain Kitan Club
December 1953
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Strange Mandala Open Reader p. 120
Article #1348
A grotesque supernatural crime narrative about an occult “Mandala” cult, its charismatic teacher, and the violent fate of investigators and followers. The story features murdered and mutilated women, captivity, ritualistic menace, and the eventual exposure and...
Kuriyama Sakugo, credit uncertain Kitan Club
December 1953
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Spiders and Butterflies Open Reader p. 131
Article #1349
A serialized SM story about actress Rie, whose promised film opportunity leads to coercion, escape, recapture, and increasingly severe punishment by a director and his associates. The narrative depicts elaborate rope restraint, suspension, gagging, humiliation...
Numata Fujise Kitan Club
December 1953
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Perversion in Modern Literature Open Reader p. 139
Article #1350
A literary-critical essay examining how sexual “torment” and perverse desire appear in modern Japanese fiction. It discusses works and characters associated with coercion, humiliation, nudity, physical control, and unequal sexual power, with particular attenti...
Murata Seiichi Kitan Club
December 1953
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Love Slave, Part Twelve Open Reader p. 145
Article #1351
The concluding installment of Kitō Kōichirō’s serialized SM novel follows Harumi as she manipulates several men through money, jealousy, erotic display, and demands for obedience. Hospital visits, foot- and shoe-centered humiliation, kneeling submission, and n...
Kitō Kōichirō Kitan Club
December 1953
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The Sweet Surrender of Alice Open Reader p. 156
Article #1352
A translated serialized SM story in which Alice is physically overpowered, restrained, stripped, and subjected to escalating discipline and sexual domination. Across chapters seven through ten, her resistance gives way to coerced submission, while the narrativ...
translated by Samukawa Midori Kitan Club
December 1953
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Fantasy and Expectation of Humiliation Open Reader p. 163
Article #1353
A first-person confession by Furukawa Yūko explores a woman’s fantasies and expectations of humiliation through imagined and recounted scenes of captivity, restraint, gagging, blindfolding, and sexual submission. The narrative moves between domestic life, trav...
Furukawa Yūko Kitan Club
December 1953
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A Woman’s Path Open Reader p. 174
Article #1354
A historical erotic samurai tale centered on O-Chika, whose relationships with rival warriors become entangled with coercion, revenge, sexual domination, and betrayal. The narrative culminates in an intensely violent confrontation involving restraint, bodily e...
Kameoka Ryokushichirō, credit uncertain Kitan Club
December 1953
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Memoirs of a Female Slave Open Reader p. 183
Article #1355
A first-person memoir recounts a woman’s transformation into a household slave through confinement, forced service, sexual coercion, and repeated physical punishment. The narrative emphasizes the routines and psychology of domestic enslavement, including bindi...
Kitayama Kaoru Kitan Club
December 1953
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Records from Manchuria and Mongolia Open Reader p. 189
Article #1356
A memoir by a Japanese returnee describes life and labor in Manchuria and Mongolia, including travel, harsh working conditions, encounters with Japanese expatriates, and erotic relationships shaped by the colonial wartime environment. The account combines pers...
credit unclear Kitan Club
December 1953
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From a Masochist’s Notebook Open Reader p. 195
Article #1357
A serialized case narrative presented as material from a masochist’s notebook, recounting Karo’s relationship with his wife and their increasingly elaborate dog-training and disciplinary role-play. Framed through letters and psychological commentary, it explor...
Numa Shōzō Kitan Club
December 1953
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Publication Notices and Advertisements Open Reader p. 201
Article #1358
A page of publishing notices and advertisements promoting new and forthcoming erotic books, illustrated collections, fetish-oriented materials, subscriptions, and a special Sadism-literature supplement. It also solicits original manuscripts and contributions,...
Uncredited Kitan Club
December 1953
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Ways of Binding a Woman to a Pillar or Pole Open Reader p. 5
Article #1288
An illustrated practical guide presents seven ways to bind a woman to a pillar or pole, showing different rope arrangements and restrained positions.
Uncredited Kitan Club
November 1953
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Covered in Sand Open Reader p. 6
Article #1289
An erotic photographic feature depicts a nude woman lying partially covered in sand in an outdoor setting.
Uncredited Kitan Club
November 1953
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Until a Woman Is Bound Open Reader p. 7
Article #1290
A photographic instructional feature demonstrating how to bind a woman with rope, including wrist restraints, cross-body wrapping, seated and reclining positions, and methods for tightening and securing the finished arrangement.
Muramura Takashi, Okada Shigeo Kitan Club
November 1953
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Torture Chamber Open Reader p. 10
Article #1291
An illustrated captivity-and-torture narrative in which Kaoriko is restrained by several men, subjected to coercive handling and humiliation, and pushed through escalating scenes of physical and psychological distress.
Gyōda Kazuko, Tsuzuki Shigeru Kitan Club
November 1953
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Bound in the Ravine Open Reader p. 14
Article #1292
A photographic feature depicts a woman bound with rope in a rocky ravine and stream, using outdoor terrain and fixed positions as part of the staged restraint scenes. The accompanying text presents the images as an exploration of bondage in a natural setting.
Tsukamoto Tetsuzō Kitan Club
November 1953
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My Five Punishments Open Reader p. 16
Article #1293
An illustrated portfolio presents five staged punishment scenes involving women tied with rope in settings including a piano, a railing, and other interior or architectural spaces. The drawings emphasize immobilization, exposure, and punitive bondage imagery.
Sugiura Nijiko Kitan Club
November 1953
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Fantasy of the Snake Man Open Reader p. 18
Article #1294
An illustrated erotic fantasy follows a physically unimpressive man who abducts a young woman to an abandoned mountain temple, where he imagines dominating and abusing her. The accompanying drawings portray the snake-man motif and scenes of coercion, captivity...
Araki Tamotsu, Takizawa Reiko Kitan Club
November 1953
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Abnormal Group: Female Seppuku Fantasy Open Reader p. 20
Article #1295
A photographic feature presents staged images of a woman enacting a seppuku fantasy, with accompanying text explaining that the scenes are simulated and discussing safer methods for future photography. The sequence combines eroticized execution imagery with th...
Uncredited Kitan Club
November 1953
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Male Artistic Nudes and Male Nude Studies Open Reader p. 21
Article #1296
A photographic feature presenting posed male nude studies, including studio-style artistic portraits and images of a man shown in a restrained pose. The emphasis is on male form, pose, and eroticized visual presentation.
Uncredited Kitan Club
November 1953
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Tight-Binding Photo Parade, Part Five Open Reader p. 22
Article #1297
The fifth installment of a photographic parade of male bondage scenes, arranged as a large grid of sequential images. The photographs show nude or lightly clothed men in varied rope-bound, immobilized, and sometimes outdoor poses.
Uncredited Kitan Club
November 1953
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Confession of a Self-Tormenting Demon Open Reader p. 25
Article #1298
A first-person confession describing an intense fixation on anal sexuality, humiliation, and submission to women. The narrator recounts and imagines elaborate abusive, restrictive, and fetishistic scenarios, including chained or otherwise constrained male bodi...
Kawamada Shirō Kitan Club
November 1953
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A Perverse Erotic Letter Open Reader p. 31
Article #1299
An erotic letter addressed to a woman, combining romantic address with highly transgressive fantasies of sexual domination, anal penetration, bodily exposure, restraint, and pain. The accompanying illustrations reinforce the text’s staged, sensational imagery...
Mitomi Senshō Kitan Club
November 1953
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Nostalgia for White Open Reader p. 35
Article #1300
An autobiographical essay tracing the author’s lifelong fascination with the whiteness of women’s skin, from childhood impressions and erotic fantasies to adult encounters, marriage, and domestic sexual life. The narrative links this fetishized ideal of whiten...
Kawamura Tetsuo Kitan Club
November 1953
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Bewitched by Rope Open Reader p. 40
Article #1301
A first-person erotic memoir about becoming obsessed with rope bondage, describing the discovery, practice, and intensification of tying and restraint in domestic and workplace-related settings. The account also refers to bondage imagery and the circulation of...
Tokiyama Kayoko Kitan Club
November 1953
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Spiders and Butterflies, Part Two Open Reader p. 45
Article #1302
The second installment of a serialized erotic novel follows a film-studio scenario in which performers and assistants manipulate a woman through staged bondage, restraint devices, forced poses, and escalating humiliating performances. The narrative combines ba...
Hida Kinryōji Kitan Club
November 1953
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Abnormal Fairy Open Reader p. 53
Article #1303
A short sexological essay considers “abnormal” sexual behavior through the relationship between bodily impulses, mental life, desire, shame, and gendered expectations. It presents sexual psychology as a way of interpreting unusual erotic interests and interper...
Mishima Toshio Kitan Club
November 1953
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Mistaken for a Writer of Torment Open Reader p. 54
Article #1304
In this humorous autobiographical essay, Matsui Kayoko describes repeatedly being mistaken for an expert or author of sadistic bondage because of her association with erotic magazines. The account develops through conversations, awkward social encounters, and...
Matsui Kayoko Kitan Club
November 1953
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Record of Abuse: Notes of a Repatriate from Communist China, Part One Open Reader p. 63
Article #1305
A first-person account by a Japanese repatriate describing detention in Communist China, interrogation, forced labor, beatings, humiliation, and other forms of mistreatment. The piece is presented as sensational documentary testimony about captivity and politi...
Maejima Yoshio Kitan Club
November 1953
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The Allure of Women’s Feet Open Reader p. 67
Article #1306
An illustrated essay on the erotic fascination with women’s feet, combining personal anecdotes, imagined scenes, and observations about stockings, bare feet, and men’s responses to foot imagery. It treats the foot as a fetishized body part within mid-century e...
Kanemaru Sōkichi Kitan Club
November 1953
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The Life of Kinezumi Kichigorō Open Reader p. 71
Article #1307
A sensational historical account of Kinezumi Kichigorō, an Edo-period thief whose capture is followed by repeated interrogations and severe corporal punishment. The narrative emphasizes his extraordinary physical endurance, the authorities’ escalating methods,...
Midori Takehiko; illustrations by Sanjō Haruhiko Kitan Club
November 1953
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Methods for Constructing a Torment Stage, Part Two Open Reader p. 79
Article #1308
A practical guide to constructing and presenting a “torment stage” for theatrical or photographic scenes. It discusses stage dimensions, backdrops, props, lighting, color, paint, and scenic composition, with diagrams showing how to create a convincing Japanese...
Itō Seiu Kitan Club
November 1953
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Smoldering Fire, Part Eleven Open Reader p. 83
Article #1309
This installment of the serialized erotic fiction follows a tangled conflict involving jealousy, deception, photographs, money, and marital betrayal. The plot escalates into abduction, violent coercion, and elaborate rope restraint before the characters move t...
Matsui Eiko; illustrations by Kurihara Shin Kitan Club
November 1953
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Dr. Kangyoku’s Sexuality Consultation Open Reader p. 94
Article #1310
A sexuality-consultation column answers a young female university student who is intensely attracted to women’s bodily scent and worries that the preoccupation is disrupting her studies and relationships. The response frames the interest as a possible fetishis...
Jōshiki Sensei Kitan Club
November 1953
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From the Notebook of a Certain Sexual Masochist, Part Two Open Reader p. 95
Article #1311
A first-person masochistic memoir describing participation in a secret club where leather-clad women and male attendants stage scenes of domination, humiliation, whipping, and forced submission. The episode emphasizes the narrator’s fascination with female aut...
Amadoro Seiei Kitan Club
November 1953
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Amphibious Animal, Part Three: A Tale of Male Homosexuality Open Reader p. 97
Article #1312
A serialized epistolary tale centered on male homosexual desire, correspondence, fantasy, and encounters between men. Its letters and accompanying illustrations develop themes of same-sex attraction, erotic longing, secrecy, and emotionally charged relationshi...
Oka Shinshirō; illustrations by Kiuchi Tsunekawa Kitan Club
November 1953
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Cursed Rope Open Reader p. 101
Article #1313
Presented as a police statement concerning the death of Nishida Kotoe, this crime-centered narrative recounts a husband’s escalating rope bondage, humiliation, coercive sexual abuse, and sadistic violence against his wife, culminating in lethal injury. Its cas...
Tsujimura Takashi Kitan Club
November 1953
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