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A comic erotic story about a respectable gentleman with a collecting obsession who recruits a bathhouse attendant to obtain discarded personal hair and other intimate remnants from female patrons. The narrative treats this fetishistic practice through negotiat...

A humorous salon-style dialogue explores supposedly meaningful differences between the right and left sides of the body, especially in hair parting, hairstyling, dress, and everyday behavior. The discussion extends these observations into playful gender stereo...

A first-person relationship story centers on an unmarried woman connected with the film and stage world, discussing social pressure to marry, romantic attachment, and the complications that arise when intimate relationships become unstable. The narrative prese...

An illustrated erotic narrative set in the licensed quarter follows an oiran and the men around her through betrayal, suspicion, and coercive encounters. The story combines period courtesan-house atmosphere with scenes of restraint, pursuit, and eroticized sub...

A discursive feature asks whether women should prioritize financial security or a romantic partner, using contrasting male and female perspectives to discuss marriage, economic dependence, attraction, and changing postwar gender expectations. Its conversationa...

A humorous illustrated essay about men’s fascination with women’s nude bodies, including the voyeuristic pleasures and awkward social dynamics surrounding nude modeling and photography. It satirizes gender relations and the supposed inconvenience of women desp...

A comic essay devoted to the erotic and aesthetic significance of women’s waists, buttocks, and related body contours. Drawing on comparisons with food, animals, Western beauty ideals, and popular imagery, it treats “waist meat” as both a bodily fetish and a s...

An illustrated erotic narrative follows a woman working in a beauty or service establishment as she deals with an insistent male customer who ignores boundaries and presses his advances. The dialogue and staged scenes emphasize male forcefulness, female vulner...

A first-person-style account from the world of geisha and entertainment describes the difficulties of dealing with drunken and sexually aggressive male customers. Through humorous anecdotes and dialogue, it considers professional composure, unwanted advances,...

A humorous erotic feature about striptease performers and the men who become fascinated with them, including speculation about their personalities, relationships, and suitability as wives. Illustrated scenes and conversational commentary place striptease withi...

A supernatural erotic story centered on nude photography, a photographer or studio setting, and strange encounters involving women, images, and apparent ghostly manifestations. The narrative combines comic horror with voyeuristic interest in the nude female bo...

A chef recounts an allegedly true restaurant episode involving a widowed proprietress, her female staff, customers, and a drunken man whose late-night behavior creates an increasingly sexual and coercive situation. The narrative blends workplace gossip, erotic...

An essay examines the appeal and credibility of sensational “true stories” in contemporary erotic magazines, contrasting police suppression and commercial publishing with readers’ appetite for scandalous material. It then presents a humorous erotic anecdote in...

A fictionalized account of yobai, the traditional nocturnal visiting custom, in which Yūtarō secretly approaches a young woman in a rural village. The story frames the encounter through remembered village practices, clandestine desire, and the risks of discove...

An erotic narrative built around overheard conversations and uncertainty about a child’s paternity. A narrator observes the emotional and sexual complications involving a married couple, an outside relationship, and the question of whether the child is the hus...

A conversational essay about the sexual tensions that can arise during medical examinations, especially for young patients and medical workers who routinely encounter the opposite sex. It discusses embarrassment, arousal, and the psychological adjustment requi...

A humorous, dialogue-driven account of a physician practicing near the pleasure quarter, where he treats women for urinary, dermatological, and venereal complaints. The story also depicts the sexual customs and “water-drawing” initiation of a young woman, comb...

An illustrated historical survey of rustic marriage customs, focusing on betrothal, bridal transfer, wedding-night practices, consummation, chastity, and the community’s role in regulating married sexuality. The article compares regional traditions and older c...

A comparative account of wedding and courtship customs in different Japanese regions, including trial marriages, arranged relationships, household authority, gift exchange, and local expectations surrounding brides and grooms. The article also discusses how re...

A richly illustrated treasure-hunting feature recounts legends and reported discoveries of buried gold associated with historical figures, castles, temples, and wartime upheavals. It follows competing searches, disputed evidence, maps, excavations, and rumors...

A seven-panel illustrated comic follows a man dealing with objects that have been dropped or misplaced in the street, using visual gags and misunderstandings to build its humor.

Ōba Gorō’s illustrated column presents humorous, sensational anecdotes about film actors and actresses, focusing on their supposed sexual energy, romantic behavior, and physical stamina both on and off the set.

A humorous, anecdotal account of postwar entertainment districts, describing performers, patrons, unusual attractions, and the changing atmosphere of popular amusements. The piece mixes observational reportage with sexualized stories and comic commentary on ur...

A miscellany of sensational stories about performers and popular spectacles, beginning with the origins and display of the “flower streetcar” and continuing with accounts of swallowing swords, unusual bodily feats, and eccentric entertainers. The article treat...

A framed, conversational erotic narrative recounts a series of illicit and sensational sexual episodes shared among acquaintances, including wartime memories, seduction, captivity, coercion, and punishment. Illustrated scenes reinforce the story’s themes of se...

A written-and-photographic reportage feature explores a Tokyo red-light “blue-line” district, documenting its streets, interiors, workers, customers, and the atmosphere of nightlife. The article combines observational captions and interviews or commentary abou...

A serialized collection of comic erotic anecdotes set across Japanese and Western contexts, presented through short narrative episodes, dialogue, and spot illustrations. The stories explore secret desire, voyeuristic situations, marital and domestic sexual sce...

A sensationalized account of a young woman’s murder during an autumn festival, beginning with the discovery of her strangled body in a cabbage field. The article follows the police investigation, forensic observations, witness interviews, reconstruction of the...

A sensational serialized crime narrative follows a fugitive “phantom thief” who enters a bedroom, threatens and overpowers women, and becomes connected to murder, robbery, and an attempted escape. Police investigators pursue clues across rural communities, whi...

A sensational reportage-style examination of actresses, doctors, directors, and studio personnel, portraying the film studio as a site where erotic desire, ambition, rivalry, and emotional vulnerability intersect. Through anecdotes and commentary on actresses’...

An illustrated crime-and-captivity fiction involving a brutal attack on women, military police investigations, and the pursuit of suspects through nighttime urban and rural settings. The narrative combines eroticized violence, restraint, interrogation, blood e...

This article examines Japanese name-based divination, arguing that surname and given-name kanji—and their stroke counts—can reveal personality, fortune, criminal tendencies, and even susceptibility to violent acts. It applies a numerological system of main, se...

A crime-mystery narrative follows the investigation of a bizarre riverside murder, with a pawn ticket providing the crucial clue. Police interrogation and the killer’s confession gradually reveal a story of betrayal, obsession, and revenge involving an older w...

A sensational account of the murder of a Dōgenzaka beautician, whose strangled body is discovered at home. Police interrogate associates and reconstruct a web of jealousy, concealed relationships, and forbidden desire surrounding the crime before identifying t...

This illustrated erotic-grotesque fiction follows a mysterious woman from the Demon Tower who arrives at a remote hot-spring inn and becomes entangled with a doctor, his associates, and other guests. Sexual obsession, jealousy, mental disturbance, violence, an...

Usami Masao deciphers the euphemisms, abbreviations, and coded vocabulary used for sexual behavior and relationships within the Imperial Japanese Navy. Drawing on naval life, wartime anecdotes, and illustrated examples, the article discusses prostitution, same...

A serialized erotic narrative in which a woman becomes the stake in a gambling contest among men. As the wagers escalate, she is subjected to coercive possession, humiliation, restraint, and sexual exploitation, with the story framed through melodramatic scene...

An illustrated serialized erotic crime narrative following Keijiro’s predatory encounters with women, marked by coercion, captivity, physical violence, and bloodshed. The story moves between eroticized assaults and their aftermath, including medical attention,...

A satirical mock program for an evening of “crime-prevention” films, presenting sensationalized scenes of sexual misconduct, assault, abduction, voyeurism, and fetishized encounters through pseudo-official narration, film captions, and cartoons. The feature co...

A first-person erotic mystery recounts the narrator’s voyeuristic peeping into a woman’s room and his growing fascination with her apparently beautiful yet uncanny, demon-like body. The narrative develops through investigation, testimony, and grotesque transfo...