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A first-person masochist’s notebook that presents erotic fantasies and reflections through a series of themed episodes involving drinking vessels, scent, the tongue, harnessing, and other forms of service, domination, restraint, and punishment. The essay blend...

An erotic fantasy narrative in which a female narrator becomes entangled with a novelist and his associates, leading to repeated scenes of rope bondage, restraint, coercion, and humiliation. Presented in serialized chapters with accompanying erotic illustratio...

A first-person confessional account traces the narrator’s developing fascination with eroticized violence, bodily vulnerability, and abdominal cutting, linking personal memories with readings, theatrical imagery, and reflections on sexual psychology. The piece...

A serialized erotic narrative follows tangled relationships among married and unmarried adults as jealousy, sexual coercion, humiliation, and domestic control intensify. Its later episodes depict women subjected to extended bondage, restraint, forced nudity, b...

Himeumi Shirō continues his memoir of Shanghai with a visit to a theater after many years away, describing the audience, tea-house customs, backstage atmosphere, performers, and a staged erotic drama. The account recounts scenes of coercion, undressing, bodily...

A photographic feature demonstrates how rope bondage produces different bodily positions and facial expressions. Accompanying commentary discusses the model’s reactions, cooperation and resistance, while presenting several tied poses as staged visual studies.

A reader roundtable gathers around Matsui Kago to discuss her bondage fiction, creative motivations, literary methods, and depictions of women being tied. Participants also reflect on the realism, psychology, illustrations, readership, and practical details of...

A historical survey of Japanese “vamp” actresses and their screen careers, discussing performers such as Mine Ginko, Date Satoko, Irie Takako, and others. It emphasizes their glamorous or sexually charged screen images, physical presentation, memorable roles,...

A historical account of women’s self-disembowelment as a form of suicide, drawing on reported cases and older cultural narratives to examine the act’s social, sexual, and sensational meanings. The surrounding discussion places such imagery within the period’s...

An essay examines depictions of ritual suicide by disembowelment (seppuku) in Japanese literature, tracing the motif from historical and military narratives through modern novels and drama. It compares authors’ graphic descriptions of wounds, bodily sensation,...

A historical erotic narrative set in an Edo-period licensed quarter, where courtesans and other figures become entangled in betrayal, flight, captivity, and violent punishment. The story combines melodramatic suspense with scenes of coercion, humiliation, and...

A dark erotic fiction centered on a brutal punishment scene in which bound women are subjected to intimidation, beating, and degrading treatment by a sadistic captor. Its imagery and narrative frame punishment as a theatrical, execution-like spectacle.

A historical erotic tale set in the Edo-period samurai world, following the beautiful young wakashū Sh之丞, his patron Toda Yasuhiro, and their circle through jealousy, secret desire, betrayal, and violent retribution. The narrative combines same-sex erotic te...

The sixth installment of a serialized erotic novel follows Ichirō’s increasingly obsessive pursuit of Junko and the violent sexual tensions surrounding their circle. The episode centers on coercive restraint, humiliation, and threatened violence as the charact...

A miscellany of magazine notices and advertisements announces submission guidelines, editorial policies, back issues, subscriptions, reader recruitment, and the publisher’s contact information. It also promotes the magazine’s role as a specialist erotic public...

A photographic feature celebrating youthful pleasure and bodily freedom through staged images of a young woman outdoors, including scenes beside and in the water. The accompanying text evokes spring, nature, sensuality, and the hopes associated with youth.

An illustrated, satirical look at employment guidance and job-seeking, presenting a series of comic scenes involving applicants, workplaces, and sexualized social interactions. The feature uses eroticized cartoon imagery to comment humorously on employment and...

An illustrated discussion considers whether a person’s physical constitution or body type can reveal erotic or sexual proclivities. A series of humorous vignettes presents social, intimate, and observational situations to explore the limits of judging personal...

A short illustrated comic feature presents a series of humorous sexual and romantic misunderstandings, using domestic and voyeuristic situations for comic effect. The captions and scenes emphasize the absurdity of everyday erotic encounters.

An illustrated erotic comedy about a low-cost striptease performance, depicting the performer, spectators, and the awkwardly humorous reactions surrounding the show.

A sequence of humorous erotic cartoons portraying everyday street and domestic situations, including marriage, henpecked husbands, female authority, flirtation, and sexual embarrassment.

A sequential erotic comic follows a striptease performer through an entire day, depicting repeated performances, backstage interactions, spectators, photographers, and the commercial milieu surrounding her work. The exaggerated situations combine sexual displa...

A visual publishing feature presents a humor-oriented magazine through portrait photography and cartoon scenes of its editor, contributors, and readers. The page emphasizes the magazine’s playful editorial identity and its social circulation among an audience.

A humorous first-person monologue by Kasuga Saburō built around the speaker’s claim that he was born on April 1, prompting jokes about April Fool’s Day. The piece also recounts episodes from the magazine office, including caricature drawing, submissions to new...

Natsume Koshō’s essay reflects on the work of women serving in Japanese restaurants, whose duties extend from serving food and drink to entertaining male customers. Through an anecdote involving a politically prominent client and requests concerning relaxed or...

A humorous, illustrated conversational essay about umbrella repairers, barbers, dress and shoe purchases, and the everyday power exercised by women over men. Its anecdotes repeatedly contrast male embarrassment and desire with women’s confidence, consumer choi...

An erotic short story centered on a woman encountered and observed at night, with pan-pan culture, rented rooms, money, deception, and unstable sexual relationships shaping the narrative. The story emphasizes voyeuristic curiosity and the precarious intimacy o...

A police memoir-style narrative contrasting older and contemporary sexual attitudes, centered on anecdotes involving chastity, marriage, and the intimate lives of women encountered in urban and rural settings. The piece combines social commentary with humorous...

An erotic tale explaining the traditional “mizūage” custom associated with the geisha and pleasure quarters, depicting a young woman’s sexual initiation in the context of marriage, arranged relationships, and first-night expectations. The story uses bathhouse...

An article about the demands of performing eroticized bedroom and stage scenes, focusing on performers’ embarrassment, costumes, gestures, and the audience’s enthusiastic response. It contrasts ordinary theatrical acting with commercially staged scenes designe...

A humorous backstage-style account of dancing girls and revue performers, centered on revealing bloomers, costume mishaps, provocative choreography, and the reactions of audiences and fellow performers. The piece situates these anecdotes within Japan’s postwar...

A scatological erotic narrative centered on night-soil collectors and their encounters with households, presenting bodily waste as an object of unusual fascination and desire. The piece combines occupational anecdotes, social observation, and fetishistic inter...

A humorous erotic tale in which chicken eggs, believed to promote health and sexual vitality, bring a poultry farmer into contact with a family and ultimately facilitate a romantic or marriage connection. The story links rural poultry keeping and reproductive...

An illustrated erotic comic centered on a shadow-theatre performance, in which silhouettes, costumes, stage effects, and performers create suggestive scenes. Conversational commentary about entertainers and changing popular tastes frames the playful spectacle.

An illustrated comic portrait of Kawagishi, a bold and unconventional female painter known for her forceful, masculine-coded manner and provocative artistic world. Studio conversations and scenes involving bodies, modeling, display, and sexual reputation satir...

A humorous erotic tale in which the scientist Mita recounts his youthful relationship with a German woman and a later reunion that overturns his idealized memories of her. The narrative dwells on bodily allure, aging, hair, and the psychological gap between fa...

A comic erotic story about Ono, a pharmaceutical-company representative, and K子, a hospital head nurse, whose clandestine courtship involves nighttime visits to the nurses’ quarters and develops into a more permanent relationship. The story emphasizes workpla...

An erotic reportage-style feature follows a visit to a striptease venue, describing its performers, audience, backstage atmosphere, and staged undressing routines. The narrator presents the venue as a site of spectacle, sexual curiosity, and commercialized pos...

A fictional erotic account centers on a woman recounting how a man stripped her of her clothing and control during a drinking encounter. The narrative develops themes of coercion, humiliation, and unequal sexual power through dialogue and suggestive illustrati...

An erotic travel anecdote about a Japanese diplomatic official whose sexual prowess becomes a source of fascination and comparison in Parisian nightlife. The narrative contrasts Japanese and foreign sexual attitudes through stories involving European women, pr...