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The second installment of Hamura Shigeki’s survey album presents photographic scenes of nude women bound in domestic or staged settings. The feature emphasizes the visual documentation of bondage poses and restrained bodies.

Ōizumi Kazuya’s “The Bound Woman of Memory” is a photographic feature depicting women in varied states of nude bondage, including standing, reclining, and visibly restrained poses. The images frame bondage as a remembered and erotically staged visual experienc...

A photographic portfolio by Roppongi Kaoru presenting several staged rope-bondage scenes involving a bound female subject in varied floor and seated positions. The emphasis is on the visual display of intricate restraint and bodily positioning.

A staged photographic sequence titled “Birth of a Slave Wife,” depicting a restrained and blindfolded subject in domestic bedroom settings alongside bondage-related implements. The imagery presents the transformation into a submissive marital role as an erotic...

A photographic continuation of “M-Woman T Living in the West,” depicting a person undergoing varied rope-bound, blindfolded, and constrained positions in domestic settings and with simple suspension or restraint apparatus.

A reader-submitted collection of erotic bondage photographs showing individuals restrained with ropes, blindfolds, and apparatus in staged domestic scenes, including elevated and immobilized positions.

A photographic feature centered on Miko in a sequence of staged bondage scenes. The images depict varied restrained positions, including spread-eagle and suspended or elevated arrangements, emphasizing visual presentation and bodily vulnerability.

Roman-ha Sei presents practical instructions for inverted suspension using rope, covering positioning, knotting, padding, equipment, and safety precautions. Illustrated demonstrations show different suspension arrangements and ways to support and control the s...

An account of “pseudo-childbirth” that stages a medicalized childbirth scenario through pregnancy imagery, obstetric equipment, vaginal insertion, and simulated labor. The article blends erotic role-play with clinical procedure and restraint imagery.

A wide-ranging essay on SMP that discusses the psychology and practice of restraint, including rope materials, tying methods, positional bondage, blindfolding, and related photographic demonstrations. It also reflects on personal experience and invites readers...

Utsunomiya Esuo recounts an S-club experiment in which a female member is gradually trained and conditioned into an “M-woman,” using staged bondage, sensory restriction, positional restraint, and disciplined submission. The account is accompanied by photograph...

Wada Eiji presents a submitted narrative about Ryoko, a married woman whose relationship with her husband develops into an increasingly elaborate slave-wife arrangement. The account emphasizes domestic authority, bondage routines, sexual submission, bodily con...

A first-person confession about an ideal BDSM partner, describing the narrator’s relationship with Yuuko and her gradual introduction of him to bondage, erotic discipline, nudity, and other submissive scenarios. The illustrated account emphasizes her dominant...

An essay presenting the viewpoint of readers who identify with enema-based erotic punishment, reflecting on the practice’s representation in SM publishing and its place within contemporary fetish culture. The piece also invites further reports and contribution...

A personal essay about the author’s desire to introduce his wife to masochistic and bondage practices. Drawing on marital experimentation, bondage photography, and reflections on sexual responsiveness, it describes attempts to cultivate an ongoing SM relations...

A collector’s account of building a private library of SM and pornographic books, magazines, photographs, and related materials. The article discusses rare and imported publications, specialist shops and mail-order sources, changing availability, and the value...

Nagoya Kenji critiques contemporary SM magazines for relying on attractive covers and thin, commercial content rather than presenting convincing or challenging material. He compares recent publications with earlier SM culture, discusses bondage and fetish phot...

A personal reader account describing a wife who is indifferent to SM and unwilling to be tied, while the husband hopes that exposure to SM photographs or participation in a photo session might change her attitude. The accompanying imagery presents a staged fem...

A reader describes discovering Sun & Moon, developing an interest in SM and erotic imagery, and discussing these interests within his marriage. The personal letter also reflects on finding partners, exchanging correspondence, and the role of the magazine in co...

“Aurora” presents an editorial meditation on sexual consciousness, S/M roles, mutual relationships, and the value of individual sexual self-expression. It introduces or promotes a magazine space for readers’ writings and imagery, accompanied by erotic bondage...

An editorial reflection on the magazine’s transformation from a privately circulated coterie publication into a commercially distributed SM magazine. It discusses the response of hidden practitioners and readers, reviews featured reporting and photography in t...

A first-person account of a married couple’s SM practice, presenting marital play as a stable and mutually satisfying form of participation. The article also discusses SM photography, magazine exchange, and the need for readers to contribute images and support...

An essay on the aesthetics and emotional effect of “punishment photographs,” arguing that convincing images should convey pain, disorientation, vulnerability, and a threatening environment rather than merely staged enjoyment. It considers camera direction, mod...

An editorial afterword reflects on the planning and production of the fourth issue, arguing that restraint photography should have artistic and research value rather than become mere pornography. It also discusses models, photographers, rope practitioners, ima...

A reader request praises model Sano Misako’s submissive performances and asks that she appear in a future issue, while offering personal assistance with reporting or photo production. The correspondence combines admiration for female submission with a self-des...

A reader-oriented section presenting bondage photographs alongside notices about photo submissions, model opportunities, correspondence, and SM group or meeting activities. It emphasizes participation in the magazine’s reader network and the exchange of erotic...

An illustrated erotic narrative or reflection centered on Mrs. Watanabe, whose experience of coercive treatment, humiliation, and bodily stimulation transforms her erotic response. The piece explores the overlap of sadistic fantasy, masochistic desire, and sta...

A photographic feature on Watanabe Yoshimi depicts a model in staged rope-bondage scenes, including overhead suspension, spread-eagle restraint, blindfolding, and bindings arranged across the body.

A photographic feature documenting Watanabe Yoshimi through an accompanying narrative about staged rope-bondage sessions arranged with her husband and photographer Seta Kaiichi. The images show her blindfolded, gagged, tied in varied positions, and suspended o...

Taga Kin presents a detailed concept for constructing an SM playroom, framed as a synagogue-like private space and illustrated with exterior, floor-plan, interior, and construction images. The proposal incorporates movable and temporary posts, suspension pulle...

A behind-the-scenes account of producing SM films, centered on the making of 貴婦人・縛り壺 and related productions. The director discusses casting, scripts, budgets, locations, rope arrangements, performer direction, filming techniques, censorship, and the pr...

An essay reflecting on changing representations of bondage and SM, questioning rigid distinctions between normal and abnormal desire. It presents SM as one possible form of love and considers the roles of personal feeling, social judgment, and erotic media.

A mixed memoir and photographic feature recounting a married woman’s submission to her husband through domestic rope bondage, gagging, blindfolding, crawling, and suspension. The accompanying images document staged scenes of ritualized restraint and service wi...

A photographic feature presenting a woman from “the North” in a sequence of staged rope-bound poses, including kneeling, reclining, and floor-based restraint. The imagery emphasizes theatrical erotic submission and the visual display of bondage.

Ichinose Sōshi’s photographic record documents elaborate scenes of bondage and erotic torment, with a woman tied, blindfolded, and arranged in varied seated, standing, and reclining positions. The feature foregrounds rope work, restrictive posture, and staged...

A photographic portfolio presenting a plump “M-woman” in staged scenes of nudity, collaring, blindfolding, chaining, and submissive display. The images emphasize her body and ritualized restraint as erotic spectacle.

A photographic feature depicting “Miko” as a collared and leashed pet, posed on the floor and subjected to controlled, physically restrictive positions. The imagery combines pet-role presentation with staged dominance and submission.

A photographic report by Kiyoshi Tanigawa depicting models subjected to elaborate rope bondage, restraint, blindfolding, gagging, and staged punishment scenes. The sequence includes indoor positional bondage and outdoor/tree-based restraint imagery.

A photographic record of S’s wife undergoing a late-night outdoor bondage scene, with the restrained and blindfolded woman posed against a tree and a vehicle. The images emphasize public or outdoor exposure, immobilization, and staged torment.

An illustrated feature presenting a Yamagata-style pillar-frame apparatus for securing a person in a spread-eagle posture. Diagrams show the frame’s construction and attachment points, emphasizing its use as a structured bondage device.