Article Translations

“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.

The third installment of a practical SM technique series explaining variant suspension methods. It combines instructional text, diagrams, and photographs of rope suspensions involving different body positions, attachment points, and support arrangements, with...

An instructional and anecdotal article on urethral masturbation and the insertion of foreign objects, discussing devices, techniques, bodily sensations, and reported experiences involving both men and women. It also addresses precautions, hygiene, possible com...

The first part of Suzui Koreo’s personal “sex-slave record” combines autobiographical testimony with photographs and diagrams of bondage scenes, restraints, and handmade devices. It describes experiences of submission, sensory restriction, gagging, penetration...

An erotic reportage account follows an M-oriented woman through her first extended bondage session, arranged and photographed by the author. The sequence depicts rope bondage in several positions, escalating restraint and exposure, verbal direction, and an ene...

An extended discussion of breast-focused SM fantasies and practices, drawing on Scandinavian and Japanese erotic magazines, personal reactions, and photographic examples. It considers breast sensitivity, bondage and suspension techniques, clamps, impact, nursi...

An illustrated reader/artist feature centered on a drawing of a bound, heavy-set woman and the artist’s stated preference for depicting fat women. The accompanying text discusses erotic and SM illustration, artistic aims, reader requests, and the possibility o...

A cluster of editorial and publication notices for Kitan Club and KK Tsūshin explains submission guidelines, editorial policies, back-issue availability, subscription and direct-purchase arrangements, and the recruitment of special members and readers. It also...

An illustrated survey examines depictions of women’s punishment and restraint in postwar popular fiction and erotic publishing. It compares scenes by different artists, publications, and narrative settings, presenting them as evidence of changing postwar eroti...

A Japanese translation of Sophie Widemann’s French erotic novel Une Société de Masochistes, introduced by the translator and illustrated with scenes of domestic domination. The narrative follows Sofia as she trains Jan into an obedient household subordinate th...

A practical and psychological discussion of varied punishment scenarios, focusing on rope binding, restrictive positions, sensory discomfort, spanking, and the dynamics of sadistic and masochistic response. Illustrated examples show different ways of tying sub...

An illustrated historical and technical survey of Japanese capture-rope methods, describing rope materials, lengths, knots, and numerous named patterns used to restrain arrested persons. The article connects traditional torinawa techniques with contemporary er...

The final chapter of Kuroi Chinpei’s autobiographical record recounts his longstanding sexual fantasies, fetishistic interests, bondage-related imagination, and conflicted relationships with women and his wife. It also follows his encounters with Christianity,...

The fifth installment of Kitō Kōichirō’s serialized erotic fiction follows a married couple whose relationship develops into an elaborate “queen” role-play. The wife assumes increasingly dominant control over her husband through staged commands, humiliation, s...

An erotic dominance fantasy centered on a submissive figure at the feet of a commanding queen, emphasizing hierarchy, surrender, and ceremonial submission.

Naruse Akira examines the recurring cultural image of the Christian martyr and its imitation in sadistic and masochistic imagination. The essay discusses Tokugawa anti-Christian persecution, torture and execution, religious sacrifice, authoritarian violence, a...

A first-person erotic narrative centered on urination, public toilets, and the narrator’s increasingly intense fascination with women’s bodies and bodily functions. The story combines voyeuristic observation, fetishistic imagery, and scenes of private sexual f...

A satirical erotic story presented as a supposedly moralistic tale, following a widow and a younger man through sexual attraction, pursuit, marriage, and domestic life. Its comic dialogue and exaggerated plot use romance, economic calculation, and sexual desir...

A reader writes to Kawabata about the beauty of bound bodies and asks about his personal history with bondage, including when his interest began, memorable experiences, and the circumstances behind his work and photographs for K.K. publications. The piece func...

This historical-sexological essay surveys accounts of seppuku by boys and women, drawing on chronicles, literary works, theater, illustrations, and modern reports. It emphasizes the gendered symbolism, bodily spectacle, emotional drama, and eroticized presenta...