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A folkloric study of genital worship and sexual spirituality, focusing on phallic stones, fertility symbols, shrine practices, and erotic folk toys. The article compares regional customs and considers how these objects function as religious and reproductive ta...

An anthropological survey of unusual sexual customs and beliefs attributed to primitive peoples, including initiation rites, genital modification, body decoration, sexual discipline, and fertility practices. The article also includes illustrative and anecdotal...

A satirical illustrated account of a company president’s day, depicting his amorous pursuits and sexual encounters at different times and settings. The feature combines prose with sequential cartoon panels to present the businessman’s compulsive erotic behavio...

A reportage-style feature on a matchmaking and companion-brokering house that introduces men and women for romantic or sexual encounters. It describes the clients, intermediaries, appearance-based selection, and the commercial links between matchmaking, nightl...

A social-realist survey of women living in Osaka’s postwar night districts, describing street prostitution, cabaret and bar work, “pan-pan” women, and the economic hardship, loneliness, sexual exploitation, and family disruption associated with these lives. It...

A case history of a young female teacher whose family circumstances deteriorate after her mother’s death and her brother’s remarriage. Isolated and seeking companionship, she enters Osaka’s nightlife and gradually falls from respectable teaching into dependenc...

A case report about a fourteen-year-old girl who became pregnant by an unidentified customer, recounting her circumstances and the social and family consequences of the pregnancy. The article presents her as an example of the vulnerability of very young girls...

An observational report from a panpan lodging house, portraying the women who work there, their dealings with customers, and the precarious economic and emotional conditions surrounding their lives. It discusses relations with occupation-era soldiers and Japan...

Aoki Tomiji surveys unusual bathing customs and facilities in Japan and abroad, describing foreign baths, hot springs, public bathhouses, massage, bathing etiquette, and sexually charged or eccentric bathing practices. The article contrasts these customs with...

This postwar social-interest piece profiles a woman arrested during a crackdown in Ueno who had accumulated 100,000 yen through black-market and other precarious work. It presents her savings, circumstances, and lifestyle as an example of women’s economic surv...

A first-person confession by a young commercial-school student who, after family hardship and economic dependence, becomes involved with an older, affluent woman. He describes the material comfort, domestic intimacy, dependency, and social unease surrounding h...

A comic Edo-period erotic anecdote about a handsome male customer and his encounter in a pleasure-house setting, using witty dialogue and sexual humor to play on his attractiveness and reputation.

A bibliographic essay tracing the transmission, translation, publication, and circulation of the Chinese erotic classic commonly known as The Carnal Prayer Mat in Japan. It discusses the rarity and whereabouts of surviving copies, past editions and adaptations...

A series of case sketches profiles eccentric and socially unconventional people, including women whose unusual habits, appearance, domestic arrangements, or obsessive interests set them apart from ordinary society. The text combines anecdotal observation with...

A collection of sensational anecdotes records the amorous and erotic conduct of men and women, including encounters in bathhouses, lodging houses, theaters, and other urban settings. The piece emphasizes sexual curiosity, voyeurism, flirtation, and unconventio...

A case-study portrait of a person with an abnormal sexual compulsion involving spying on women in private or lavatory settings. The account follows the reported incident, its discovery and investigation, and the subject’s voyeuristic behavior.

A case-study portrait of a man described as having masochistic sexual desires, including an attraction to humiliation, domination, and physical punishment. The narrative traces the development of these tendencies and their expression in relationships with wome...

A case portrait of a man whose sadistic sexual desire is expressed through coercion, physical abuse, and humiliating treatment of women. The account frames these acts within the periodical’s broader discussion of abnormal sexual behavior and includes observati...

A case portrait examining fetishistic desire through a man’s intense fixation on women’s clothing and bodily traces. The article describes how this fetish shapes his pursuit of garments and intimate objects, presenting the behavior as part of a broader study o...

A travel sketch of Singapore’s side streets, describing its tropical scenery, brightly colored buildings, waterfront settings, local streetscapes, and the atmosphere of its entertainment districts. The piece emphasizes the mixture of Southern warmth, exotic ar...

A first-person account of a nude model’s work, recounting how she entered modeling, posed for artists, and experienced the practical and personal pressures of the profession. The article discusses studio routines, artistic representations of the body, compensa...

A folkloric study of genital worship and the sexual spirit, examining phallic and female sexual symbols in folk toys, shrine objects, village rituals, and fertility customs. The article compares regional and historical examples, linking these objects and pract...

A collection of erotic curiosities gathered from different Japanese provinces, describing unusual sexual customs, shrine-related objects, folk practices, and anecdotes. The piece emphasizes regional variation in erotic culture and includes discussion of changi...

An observational essay on the Frappé dance, describing its alluring choreography, suggestive bodily movements, costumes, and the intense fascination it produces among spectators. The author considers how the performance balances playful elegance, erotic displa...

A discussion of fetishistic attraction to rubber raincoats, focusing on the garment’s distinctive appearance, texture, smell, and the unusual fantasies or compulsive behavior it can evoke. The article presents the subject as a form of sexual and psychological...

An obstetrician-gynecologist discusses contemporary sexual attitudes and behavior through three illustrative cases identified as A, B, and C. The article approaches these matters from a reproductive-medical and social perspective, with accompanying explanatory...

A medical discussion of kissing that examines the oral cavity, oral cleanliness, and the bodily and psychological conditions involved in kissing. The article combines physiological explanation with practical observations about oral hygiene and intimate contact...

An editorial discussion of erotic pictures examines their circulation, the authorities’ attempts to suppress them, and the uneasy boundary between obscenity, artistic expression, and public morality. It also reflects on the continuing demand for such material...

An exposé recounts the activities of a bogus circumcision specialist who presents himself as medically skilled while deceiving clients. The piece treats the episode as an example of medical quackery and fraud surrounding intimate bodily treatment.

A humorous series of imagined 1948 vignettes portrays everyday life in a rapidly accelerating “speed age,” using dialogues set in urban spaces such as department stores, cinemas, streetcars, and busy streets. The feature satirizes how new technologies and mode...

A lightly comic collection of male-female exchanges sketches the flirtation, dating behavior, and sexualized etiquette associated with “pink” social conditions. Its conversational format emphasizes changing gender relations and the social performance of courts...

A sensational miscellany of sexual and medical curiosities, including reports of an attempted assault, sexual scandal, and a young girl brought to hospital with gonorrhea. The page combines brief worldly anecdotes with an accompanying caricatural illustration.

A gossip column presenting short, suggestive anecdotes about nightlife, entertainers, romantic entanglements, and sexual behavior. Its conversational reports and personal episodes emphasize rumor, scandal, and the circulation of intimate stories.

A short fictional conte centered on a narrator’s observations and an encounter in an urban back-street setting, where a small but significant difference becomes the story’s central contrast.

A reportage-style account of Shanghai’s “den of vice,” describing its nightlife districts, bars, dance venues, brothels, prostitution, and the varied people drawn into the city’s postwar entertainment world. The feature combines social observation with sensati...

A social report on Osaka’s postwar pleasure districts, describing the women working in and around entertainment quarters, street solicitation, changing nightlife, and the economic pressures shaping these spaces. It surveys areas including Dōtonbori, Abeno, and...

A first-person night report along the Kanazuka Highway in Osaka, recounting encounters with street women, male customers, entertainers, and other figures moving between lodging houses, restaurants, and theaters. The illustrated feature presents the nighttime s...

An essay examines the social and emotional difficulties faced by women who remain unmarried beyond thirty, discussing marriage prospects, sexual and domestic expectations, and the pressures placed on single women. It contrasts women’s situations with those of...

A folklore essay surveys Japanese beliefs about fox spirits and fox possession, combining traditional supernatural lore with anecdotes of apparent possession and exorcistic or ritual responses. It presents the fox as both a shape-shifting yōkai and an explanat...

A bawdy rakugo tale presented through comic dialogue and anecdotal storytelling, centering on sexual and marital misunderstandings in a historical Japanese setting. The piece uses the conventions of oral performance to turn erotic situations into humor.