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A sensational first-person account of a troubled love affair unfolds through clandestine meetings, jealousy, separation, and escalating violence involving a woman and a firearm. The piece presents romantic desire and betrayal in a dramatic, confessional style.

A sensational “true story” recounts the arrival of a woman hired to cook at a remote laborers’ construction camp, where the male workers’ attention turns into coercive sexual pursuit and violence. The narrative depicts the camp as an isolated, rough environmen...

A suspense fiction piece framed as the statement of a suspicious man questioned at a police station. His account of a night involving jealousy, confrontations, violence, and a mysterious death gradually reveals the disturbing circumstances behind the investiga...

An illustrated feature describing the stage performance and physical presentation of the nude dancer Arabesque. It focuses on striptease-style spectacle, the dancer’s movements and costume exposure, and the reactions of viewers to her erotic performance.

A literary vignette from Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book reflects on the dawn and morning-after encounter following a night spent with a woman. The passage dwells on clothing, appearance, atmosphere, and the emotional uncertainty surrounding intimate courtly relati...

A humorous erotic tale set in a modest bathhouse follows the bathhouse attendant’s daughter as she secretly peeks into the men’s bathing area and becomes entangled in the resulting flirtation and sexual intrigue. Its comic illustrations and dialogue emphasize...

An erotic adventure narrative follows a female wanderer moving through a succession of encounters with men, including deception, coercion, sexual bargaining, and episodes of captivity or rescue. The story combines chivalric-travel conventions with sensational...

A collection of humorous and sensational erotic anecdotes presents unconventional sexual behavior through short narrative episodes, editorial dialogue, and accompanying cartoon illustrations. The feature ranges across fetishistic interests, voyeuristic situati...

A sensational serialized crime narrative about nurse Aozora Haruko, whose relationships and movements become entangled in a murder investigation involving a hospital, conflicting testimony, and forensic clues. The story unfolds through interrogation-style dial...

A historical-romantic account of Townsend Harris’s role in the opening of Japan and his relationship with Okichi, presented as a dramatic secret history. The narrative emphasizes diplomatic tensions, cultural encounter, sexual politics, and the tragic fate of...

An erotic narrative about a female university student whose sexual experimentation unfolds among classmates, dormitory acquaintances, and men in urban leisure spaces. The story emphasizes voyeurism, same-sex encounters, coercive sexual play, humiliation, and t...

An erotic urban adventure following the drifter Kame through Osaka’s entertainment districts, lodging houses, and marginal work settings from evening into the following morning. His encounters with women, including O-Kinu and other entertainers, combine sexual...

An erotic episodic fiction follows a male narrator through Osaka on an autumn night as he encounters several women in cafés, entertainment districts, and temporary lodgings. Its successive episodes portray seduction, sexual negotiation, commercial sexuality, a...

This narrative recounts the clandestine voyage of Korean man Li Hyeon-yang and fellow travelers who attempt to enter postwar Japan by boat, evade detection, and find shelter among sympathizers. Their eventual capture and interrogation frame the story around il...

The third installment of a comic erotic serial follows Dora, Ari, Musukita, and their associates through jealous confrontations, disguises, stolen jewelry, and attempted escapes. Its episodic dialogue and illustrations mix sexual intrigue with farcical crimina...

A photographic and illustrated survey of Japan’s urban pleasure districts, following streets lined with cafés, bars, lodging houses, bathhouses, and other establishments associated with commercial nightlife and sexual entertainment. Maps, storefront photograph...

A sequential-art collection of erotic anecdotes depicting sexual encounters, illicit affairs, geisha and domestic settings, and negotiations between men and women. The episodes combine sensual imagery with comic dialogue and references to contraception, pregna...

A wide-ranging miscellany of curious anecdotes, humorous correspondence, advice exchanges, relationship and sexual questions, dream interpretation, odd news, and illustrated comic scenes. The section also includes recreational features such as shogi problems,...

An illustrated melodramatic narrative follows Yasuko, a young woman whose relationships, marriage, economic hardship, and encounters with predatory or unreliable men lead her through emotional and sexual exploitation. The story presents her shifting attempts t...

An illustrated erotic fiction serial centers on Abudora, Imam, and their associates as jealousy, marital suspicion, deception, and sexual rivalry intensify through clandestine encounters. The narrative uses comic dialogue and sensational scenes to explore lust...

A sensational pulp mystery set in Kobe follows a narrator who encounters a series of uncanny locations and criminal enterprises, including a green-lit house, a factory producing grotesque animals, and a secret workshop associated with mermaid-making. The seria...

A sensational crime narrative centered on abduction, sexual violence, captivity, and escape, presented in the lurid style of mid-century erotic true-crime fiction. The page also includes a boxed anecdote about a woman’s chastity belt, extending the article’s i...

An investigative report on Osaka’s temple-district back streets, describing the entanglement of sexual commerce, installment schemes, dubious lending, fake real-estate and marriage introductions, and other forms of financial exploitation. Through reported case...

A feature on three dangerous or sensational drugs associated with postwar pleasure culture: illicit Hiropon (methamphetamine), Adorm sleeping pills and overdose or suicide attempts, and purported aphrodisiac products. The article combines reported incidents wi...

An illustrated comic sketch depicts a would-be robber confronting a woman in the street, with the encounter unfolding through exaggerated dialogue and slapstick reversals. The piece treats attempted robbery as humorous social satire rather than as a factual re...

A nonfiction-style discussion examines male and female pickpockets in postwar Osaka, including estimates of criminal activity, gang organization, common targets, stealing techniques, and the changing economic conditions of the trade. It also uses reported or d...

A wartime fiction set amid the fighting in Okinawa, where a Japanese soldier encounters a woman sheltering in a cave. Their tense, intimate exchange unfolds against bombardment, hunger, displacement, and the brutal collapse of the battlefield world.

A grotesque short story about a man whose illness and unconventional treatment become entangled with his fixation on drinking a woman’s urine. The narrative presents urine drinking through a mixture of erotic fetishism, medical rationalization, secrecy, and ps...

An anthology of short Japanese erotic tales combining marital and adulterous encounters with folklore, supernatural transformations, religious transgression, and tragic or violent consequences. The stories are framed as sensational historical and popular narra...

An erotic fiction narrative centered on a socially superior woman who seduces and exercises power over an inexperienced young man. The illustrated story emphasizes sexual initiation, class hierarchy, manipulation, and the atmosphere of nighttime urban pleasure...

A dramatic period tale about a nighttime sword attack at a bridge, followed by pursuit and combat between samurai figures. The narrative emphasizes suspense, ambush, and martial confrontation in a historical setting.

A case-style narrative about a family formed through prohibited close-kin relationships and the tragic consequences for several children. It discusses hereditary abnormality, including albinism, alongside sexualized illustrated scenes and moral reflections on...

An erotic office-romance narrative about flirtation, jealousy, and sexual tension among coworkers, including an attempted reconciliation and a forgotten handbag that helps drive the encounter. The story presents workplace intimacy as a setting for secret relat...

An erotic short story depicting a chance nighttime encounter that develops into a fleeting sexual relationship, followed by emotional uncertainty and separation. The narrative emphasizes transient desire, seduction, and the melancholy aftermath of an affair.

A social-realist account of a female beggar living around Gōri Shinchi, tracing how a woman associated with beauty and respectable origins came to poverty and street begging. The article reflects on her family circumstances, appearance, and treatment within th...

A colloquial first-person-style account of street shoe shiners, describing their work, customers, tools, earnings, and precarious everyday lives. The piece gives voice to working-class youth and emphasizes the hardships and social marginality of informal stree...

A practical, sometimes humorous guide to winning the attention of unfamiliar women and developing romantic intimacy. It discusses grooming and appearance, conversation, social behavior, timing, psychological tactics, and general rules for courtship.

An erotic first-person narrative about clandestine affairs and sexual encounters, presenting secret meetings, seduction, and escalating sexual experimentation through sensational prose and accompanying illustrations. The feature combines confessional storytell...

A sensational Love Spy mystery follows an investigation into a dangerous sulfuric-acid-related affair, involving concealed violence, threatened women, deception, and pursuit. The narrative uses melodramatic dialogue and lurid illustrations to develop its crime...

A serialized pulp narrative about the “strange women of Umeda” follows encounters among urban women, male patrons, nightlife venues, rented rooms, and domestic spaces. Episodes portray seduction, sexual bargaining, jealousy, coercion, physical confrontation, a...