New Detective Fiction

This essay examines detective fiction through the author’s notebook of quotations, discussing murder mysteries, sensational crime narratives, literary technique, and extended scenes of captivity, bodily violence, and eroticized threat.

A Dream of Bondage

A first-person erotic medical narrative describes a wife’s asthma treatment with moxa cautery and related procedures, which leave healing scars that the couple discover can be sucked and incorporated into their intimate life.

Completion of a Queen Bee

This illustrated feature discusses creating an extreme “wasp waist” through prolonged corset or waist-nipper use, describing the appearance, bodily sensations, and practical effects of intensive waist training.

A New Gate

A newspaper-and-magazine news column surveys contemporary media stories, focusing on intense fan culture surrounding film star Kubo Akira and a sensational voyeurism case involving a university student caught spying in a women’s restroom.

The Deluded Hero: Oda Nobunaga

Kasagi Toshirō

A historical-psychological essay on Oda Nobunaga portrays the warlord as a contradictory, violent, and sexually unconventional “hero,” linking his military conduct, personal relationships, and authoritarian ambition to the turbulent culture of the Sengoku era.

The Captive

An illustrated captivity narrative depicts a white woman held and bound by an indigenous or frontier captor, emphasizing eroticized restraint, vulnerability, and visual spectacle.

Publishing Catalogue and Back-Issue Information

Editorial Department

A multi-page publishing catalogue advertises illustrated fetish and bondage titles, including photographic portfolios and special collections, with prices, order information, and back-issue listings; the final page also presents reader correspondence and editorial notices.

Reader Contributions and Communications

Editorial Department

A multi-page reader correspondence section presents readers’ reactions to recent issues, requests for photographs, illustrations, stories, and practical bondage material, and exchanges about erotic interests, visual preferences, and magazine participation.

Editorial Notices and Publication Information

Editorial Department

Editorial notices announce the forthcoming September issue, provide ordering and publication information, and discuss editorial policies, reader submissions, circulation, and the magazine’s future direction.

Parasites

Tamao Sumiko

A dark erotic fiction narrative in which a researcher’s fascination with parasites entangles students and lovers in schemes of jealousy, coercion, drugging, and experimental bodily invasion.

Incontinence: Enemas and Diapers

Tsukioka Eiko

A first-person account of enema use, bowel incontinence, and diapering that combines bodily confession with practical strategies for managing accidents and privacy in daily life and travel.

The Shell of Love

Matsui Raiko

An erotic romantic narrative of frustrated and forbidden desire, jealousy, confession, and imagined or enacted restraint involving a married woman and her younger admirer.

Raid on the Labor Camp

Futaki Yoshio

A first-person narrative recounts a violent raid and confrontation at a wartime labor camp, where coal miners and supervisors use threats, beatings, knives, and humiliation to enforce authority and settle grievances.

Welcoming the Appearance of Domestication Fiction

Numa Shōzō

This critical essay welcomes the emergence of “domestication fiction,” examining literary works that imagine humans treated as livestock and linking the genre to slavery, gender hierarchy, sexual domination, and the history of masochistic literature.

The White Mouse

Aoyama Miekichi

A theatrical backstage fiction follows Senjirō, Namie, Hatsuko, and others through drinking, jealousy, sexual rivalry, and increasingly severe scenes of tying, gagging, whipping, and bodily humiliation, with performance and backstage spectatorship shaping the erotic…

Red Lotus

Aoba Shin'ichi

A wartime erotic fiction narrative follows the violent relationship between a military officer and a subordinate, escalating through domination, corporal punishment, captivity, torture, and death. The story uses military discipline and battlefield violence to…

Through the Light, Part Two: Record of My Suicide Attempt

Kondō Kikuya

A first-person autobiographical account recounts a suicide attempt, the narrator’s physical collapse and hospitalization, and the subsequent struggle toward recovery amid poverty, family pressures, illness, and precarious postwar life. The narrative emphasizes despair, bodily…

Homosexuality as It Appears in Literature

Fujimi Kaoru

This literary-critical essay surveys representations of same-sex desire in Japanese fiction, discussing male and female homosexuality, literary characterization, erotic relationships, and the social psychology of forbidden desire. It considers how novels portray same-sex relationships…

Editorial Afterdrops

Editorial Department

An editorial commentary reviews entries in the magazine’s fiction-prize competition, reflects on the judging process and literary qualities of the submissions, and invites readers to continue contributing.

My Fundoshi

Matsubara Michiyo

In this personal essay, Matsubara Michiyo describes her longstanding preference for wearing fundoshi, discussing its appearance, comfort, practicality in everyday life and swimming, and the reactions of her husband and friends.

Report

Shima Naoki

This report surveys newspaper and magazine coverage of sensational sexual and medical incidents, including a fatal enema case, alongside related books, periodicals and publication notices.

Joys and Sorrows of Masochism: Afterward

Makane Kyōjirō

A sequel essay reflecting on the author’s masochistic identity and experiences recounts escalating self-punishment, bondage, service, and endurance, while also discussing social and legal constraints surrounding such practices.

Memoir of a Schoolgirl Nude Enthusiast

Ikeda Fumiko

A first-person memoir by a schoolgirl nude enthusiast describes her growing pleasure in nudity and exhibition, including transparent clothing, nude swimming, and deliberately displaying her body to others, accompanied by erotic illustrations.

On Nako's Love

Kadota Nako

Nako recounts her emotional and sexual development, focusing on attraction and rivalry involving her older sister M and a later coercive encounter with teacher K, while examining self-love, jealousy, and psychological conflict.

Numa Shōzō's Notebook

Numa Shōzō

A literary and cultural miscellany in Numa Shōzō’s notebook, combining historical and fictional accounts with reflections on fetishistic interests, footwear, servitude, punishment, and bondage, alongside commentary on contemporary erotic publications and films.

Miscellaneous Notes on Photographing Women

Matsubara Hajime

A first-person essay on women administering moxibustion to men, describing the pain, bodily marks, emotional tension, and eroticized disciplinary dynamics associated with repeated treatments and related fantasies.

Torture Scenes Appearing in Films

Sazamaki Hiroshi

A detailed survey of torture scenes in Japanese and foreign films, examining depictions of restraint, beating, hanging, burning, gagging, and other abuses while discussing their staging, acting, camera work, and dramatic effect.

Modern Masochism Art Review, Part Two

Hara Tadamasa

Hara Tadamasa reviews several American films, including Backlash, The Swan, and White Bird, examining their depictions of sexually charged cruelty, female power, masochistic desire, and psychologically coercive relationships. The essay evaluates how acting, atmosphere,…

New Studies in Detective Fiction, Part Two

Azuma Ichirō

Azuma Ichirō continues a critical study of detective fiction, discussing the construction of crime plots, clues, disguises, forensic investigation, criminal psychology, and the balance between rational detection and sensational or fantastic effects. The article…

Behind the Theater: Red Dish, Missing Dish

Kida Magarō

Kida Magarō reviews a theatrical production centered on the intertwined “Red Dish” and “Missing Dish” episodes, describing its cast, staging, dramatic conflicts, and scenes of pursuit, restraint, punishment, and threatened violence. The review treats…

From Recent Films

Shiraishi Hiromu

A survey of recent films summarizes plots involving murder, captivity, punishment, supernatural menace, and other sensational or cruel situations, with particular attention to films featuring eroticized violence and restraint.

A Consideration of Etsugyaku

Sugawara Haruo

This extended essay examines human cruelty, sadism, and the relationship between cruelty and morality, then considers how eroticized cruelty is represented in literature, visual art, photography, theater, and film. It concludes by proposing a…

From My Collection

Kadoma Sōkichi

A collection of reprinted and narrated materials ranges from a historical account of Japanese seppuku techniques to accounts of a snake-handling woman and a woman’s gradual descent into fox-possession imagery, combining punishment history, fetishistic…

The Slug

Ōtani Ayako

A serialized erotic novel following postwar characters moving between impoverished rural life and affluent urban society, where class tensions, gendered power, seduction, coercion, and restraint shape their relationships.

Gyokusei Gleanings

Editorial Department

An editorial feature soliciting and discussing reader-submitted manuscripts, including erotic fiction and bondage-related ideas, while explaining the editorial department’s selection and publication practices.

From Recent Bondage Films

Saga Miyako

A review and commentary section surveying recent Japanese bondage films, describing their staged restraint scenes and connecting the genre to sensational reportage, wartime violence, and postwar sexual culture.

Illustrated Reference on Compositions of Female Seppuku

An illustrated reference guide presents staged compositions of female seppuku across historical and modern settings, including female warriors, servants, courtesans, samurai daughters, theatrical swordswomen, and farm women, with detailed descriptions of clothing, posture, weapons,…

Introduction to New Foreign-Language Publications

Editorial Department

The editorial department introduces and advertises several foreign-language erotic publications, describing serialized scenarios of female-directed punishment, bondage, humiliation, captivity, and sadistic play while listing chapter counts, formats, and prices.

Tenseisha Publication Catalogue

Editorial Department

A Tenseisha publication catalogue advertises illustrated and photographic erotic works, including themed bondage and punishment portfolios, female-cutting imagery, body-focused scenes, and special photographic collections, with ordering information, prices, and agency notices.

Kitan Club Cumulative Contents Index

Editorial Department

A cumulative contents index lists the principal articles, features, photographs, fiction, and special issues published in earlier Kitan Club numbers.

Reader Communications and Editorial Correspondence

Editorial Department

An extended reader-correspondence section presents letters about the magazine’s erotic fiction, photography, bondage and fetish features, reader experiences, subscriptions, submissions, and requests for future editorial content.

October Collection: Fragile Prey

Kitahara Junko

An illustrated October feature presents a series of stylized scenes in which women are overpowered, restrained, or handled by men in domestic and intimate settings.

Reference Materials

Hara Tadamasa

A reference-materials page assembles reprinted erotic illustrations, foreign magazine imagery, and film stills, linking Japanese fetish culture to imported visual sources and cinema.

Procession

A photographic film-style scene titled “Procession” shows two women outdoors, with one apparently being bound or handled against a tree in a staged erotic tableau.

Bondage Photographs Seen in an American Magazine

A photographic feature reproduces a bondage image sourced from an American magazine, showing a person tightly restrained and presented as an example of imported bondage imagery.

New Euro-American Style, Part Three

La Bonda

La Bonda’s third installment of “New Euro-American Style” presents an erotic illustration of two women posed in elaborate rope restraints against a stark geometric backdrop.

Detailed Examination of Sadism Scenes: From Recent Films

Fujiki Senji

Fujiki Senji examines bondage and sadistic scenes in recent films, comparing their restraint devices, poses, violence, acting, visual composition, and emotional effects while discussing examples from Japanese cinema and contrasting sensational presentation with more…

Moxa Queen Contest

Iwase Shōichi

A sensational report describes a “Moxa Queen” contest in which seven women are judged on beauty and their ability to endure moxa burns while restrained in painful positions, accompanied by an erotic illustration of…

Heaven Knows

Takarazuka Fumio

This fictional account follows an eccentric young man whose fetishistic interest in restraint shapes his job interview, office relationships, and increasingly coercive encounters with a female colleague.

Through the Light, Part Three: A Patient’s Record

Kondō Kikuya

Part three presents a patient’s extended record of tuberculosis hospitalization, describing overcrowded and poorly maintained wards, inadequate nursing and medical care, welfare dependence, poverty, and the varied hardships of long-term patients. The accompanying illustrations…

Popular Magazines and Punishment Pictures

Aoyama Sanekichi

An essay examines the growing presence of punishment-themed pictures in postwar popular magazines, discussing their visual styles, reader appeal, and relationship to commercial editorial culture.

Abandoned Dog

Aoba Shin'ichi

A dark erotic story follows a young man drawn into encounters with rough male figures and increasingly coercive situations involving pursuit, captivity, physical punishment, humiliation, and sadistic control.

My Enema Play

Fukumura Mitsuharu

A first-person account describes the author’s enema fetish, including specialized irrigation equipment, large-volume enemas, repeated use, and the erotic sensations associated with the practice.

Memories of Prison Life

Fukumura Mitsuharu

A former prisoner recalls his years in Japanese prisons, describing institutional routines, forced labor, contraband tobacco, discipline, escape attempts, and the complex camaraderie and hardships of life among inmates.

Modern Masochism Art Review, Part Three

Hara Tadamasa

This installment reviews modern masochistic and related erotic representations in films, illustrated works, and international popular culture, discussing female domination, sadomasochistic imagery, violence, and the social meanings attached to such depictions.

Parasites, Part Two

Tamao Sumiko

A serialized grotesque erotic fantasy follows a couple whose lives become entangled with parasitic organisms, experimental drugs, bodily transformation, medical investigation, and increasingly disturbing forms of sexual and psychological domination.

I Do Not Know

Honda Yoshirō

A theatrical feature and plot synopsis for Honda Yoshirō’s Toho musical mystery “I Do Not Know,” depicting treasure-seeking intrigue, captivity, staged punishment, drowning, and elaborate underwater scenes.

In Sympathy with the Praise of Domestication Fiction

Asō Kazuo

Asō Kazuo’s extended open letter endorses and expands on Numa Shōzō’s domestication-fiction ideas, examining fantasies of treating humans as livestock through racial hierarchy, colonial and wartime violence, sexual domination, animal training, and representations in…

An Open Letter Concerning Domestication Fiction

Aoyama Sanekichi

A sensational crime report about a male domestic servant who adopted a feminine sexual role, formed a same-sex relationship with his employer, and became involved in a violent child-abduction and drowning case, framed through…

A Story of Being Bound by a Thief

Ikeda Shōichi

A sensational crime report recounts a teenage burglar’s invasion of a Tokyo home, where a sleeping girl was tied up and robbed before police pursued the offenders.

From the Notebook of a Dreamer

Numa Shōzō

This extended critical essay examines masochism, sadism, and shifting power within two- and three-person relationships, using literary works, fictional scenarios, and psychological interpretation to discuss dominance, submission, jealousy, and sexual fantasy.

Report Concerning Enemas

A report assembled from newspaper and educational sources discusses enemas through medical instruction, hospital and nursing contexts, and eroticized accounts involving intimate care and sexualized power relations.

Seiu Miscellany: Punishment Pictures, Past and Present

Itō Seiu

Itō Seiu surveys historical and contemporary representations of women being bound, punished, or otherwise restrained, comparing ukiyo-e, illustrated erotica, film imagery, newspaper reports, and modern staged scenes. He discusses the visual construction of bodily…

New Studies in Detective Fiction

This essay surveys postwar Japanese detective-fiction magazines and their stories, tracing how sensational murders, grotesque erotic episodes, occult imagery, and elaborate illustrations shaped the genre. It also comments on representative writers and works, the…

Record of a Homosexual Man

A first-person confession by a homosexual man recounts his same-sex desires, fantasies, relationships, and struggles with social stigma and secrecy.

The Slug

Ōtani Ayako

This serialized erotic narrative follows 保 and the women around him through adultery, seduction, jealousy, and increasingly coercive sexual encounters involving marital and domestic power struggles.

Local Report

The local-report section surveys Sade’s literary and cultural significance, discusses translations and changing evaluations of his work, and includes reports and commentary on erotic films, performers, and fetish-oriented visual culture.

A Half-Life of Suspense

An autobiographical account traces the writer’s sadistic inclinations from childhood through family experiences, sexual development, and adult life in postwar Tokyo.

The Black Empress

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

This illustrated historical erotic fiction follows the Black Empress as she exercises violent authority over servants, soldiers, and captives amid court intrigue, warfare, punishment, and sexual domination.

Continuation: The Woman in Riding Breeches and Female Seppuku

Fujiyama Hide緒

A serialized erotic-historical narrative follows two women in riding breeches who are captured amid wartime conflict and subjected to elaborate coercion, humiliation, torture, and ultimately female seppuku imagery.

Female Seppuku Composition Reference

A textual and visual reference feature outlines compositions for erotic female-seppuku illustrations, describing staged scenes involving female warriors, domestic and modern women, weapons, restraint, blood, and ritualized bodily display.

Reader Documents and Editorial Communications

Editorial Department

A lengthy reader-correspondence and editorial section presents letters about the magazine’s erotic fiction, illustrations, photography, bondage themes, and production, alongside publication notices, film and literature recommendations, reader requests, and editorial responses.

East-West Uramado Erotic Anecdotes

Hara Hiroshi

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 scenarios,…

The Autumn Festival That Was Toyed With

Hagihara Hideo

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,…

The Bedroom Phantom Thief

Setoguchi Torao

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…

The Lady Doctor Is Frightening! A Film Studio Cut Open by an Actress’s Scalpel

Ōtaka Gorō

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’ careers,…

The Demon’s Tentacles

Hisaki Takashi

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 evidence, and…