The Cult of Female Bodily Suffering

Setani Tomohachi

An illustrated sensational account of a secretive heretical cult in which women are subjected to ritualized humiliation, forced nudity, bodily punishment, restraint, and sacrifice-like suffering.

Nude Benten

Nakajima Yoshimi

An erotic occult narrative depicting the manipulation and coercion of women through religious ritual, hypnotic suggestion, nudity, binding, sexualized humiliation, and staged scenes of submission.

The Sin of Falling

Ushioi Taku

A suspenseful erotic crime narrative follows Kasai as he schemes to obtain money through fraud, murder, staged alibis, and drugging, while investigators and associates gradually expose the plan.

The Golden-Cat Cult of Female Desire

Yagiri Jūhachi

This serialized occult crime fantasy follows the Golden-Cat cult, its female mediums and male devotees, and a series of ritualistic manipulations, assaults, murders, and supernatural threats surrounding its secret teachings.

That Scene, That Actress

Shiba Toshiyasu

A critical survey of bondage and erotic scenes in Japanese and foreign films, discussing actresses, direction, staging, visual impact, and the conventions of sensational and SM cinema.

The Sorceress of Yasaka

Hashizume Hikoshichi

A serialized historical erotic narrative set in Edo-period Japan, in which a mysterious sorceress and her associates become entangled in religious intrigue, pursuit, captivity, interrogation, and ritualized bondage.

Sacrifice to the God of Love

Kitaba Okunao

A serialized erotic-sadistic narrative follows Hartley, Marie, and others through abduction, restraint, violence, murder, and ritualized sacrifice within a sinister cult-like setting. Illustrated scenes emphasize captivity, coercion, female figures, police investigation, and the recurring…

Black-Hair Binding

Odagiri Sō

A serialized erotic historical-fantasy thriller follows doll maker Izumi Megichi and other Edo-period figures through abduction, rope binding, hair-cutting rituals, grotesque dolls, curses, and violent pursuit, accompanied by dramatic bondage illustrations.

Hair Lantern

Shima Fuji

A serialized narrative follows a boy’s fascination with women’s long hair through encounters at a bathhouse, hair salon, cinema, and domestic settings, blending sensual fantasy with crime, femme-fatale imagery, and occult or supernatural motifs.…

Her Mass

Kurobane Shin

A serialized erotic-crime narrative follows Shuwaru and Merii as they investigate a clandestine obscene cult, encountering abduction, coercive restraint, ritualized violence, and a deadly confrontation. The story is accompanied by dramatic black-and-white illustrations.

Phantom Samurai: The Gecko Spell of Exorcism

Kuroki Shinobu

An illustrated historical erotic fantasy follows a mysterious samurai and an exorcist through seduction, deception, violent captivity, murder, and supernatural rituals involving a gecko spell. The serialized narrative combines occult menace with elaborate scenes…

Keep Your Eyes on the Thighs

Toyoda Ichiro

An illustrated erotic narrative follows a performer who uses theatrical tricks, ropes, blindfolds, blades, and staged danger to captivate an audience and outwit an intrusive police officer.

Nude Masterpieces: The Female Body and Rope

Fujisawa Osamu

A photographic portfolio presents staged nude compositions featuring women bound with rope in varied poses, including floor restraint, kneeling, and suspension-like arrangements.

Tattooed Komachi

Nakajima Kimi

This illustrated historical erotic tale follows the courtesan Okyō and an Edo-period household through secret encounters, erotic deception, bondage, and the eventual intervention of a military official.

Crimson Sash Incantation

Takatsuki Daizo

An illustrated historical erotic serial set in Edo-period Japan follows a merchant, spies, and a captive woman amid secret plots, abduction, interrogation, and repeated rope-bound scenes rendered with elaborate restraint imagery.

The Prisoner Woman of the Desert

Minamimura Ran

A serialized erotic captivity narrative set in the desert follows Angeli and other women imprisoned and abused by soldiers and foreign adventurers, with coercive encounters, attempted escapes, pursuit, and rescue efforts unfolding amid military…

Neriko's Hell

Yagiri Shigehachi

A serialized historical erotic fiction follows Neriko and other women subjected to forced labor, captivity, rope restraint, sexual violence, and sadistic abuse, while their suffering unfolds amid household exploitation, escape attempts, and legal retribution…

Lament of the Karayuki Women

Hada Hikaru

A richly illustrated historical narrative recounts the exploitation of Japanese karayuki women who were sold or lured overseas, confined in brothels, subjected to sexual coercion and violence, and separated from home. The story combines…

Beauty Urahoko

Akashi Sako

A historical erotic serial follows Akihei and other characters through encounters involving seduction, secrecy, jealousy, and elaborate rope restraint in an Edo-period setting, accompanied by erotic illustrations.

Demon Blood

Mizorogi Jakuko

A supernatural erotic serial set around a hospital depicts a mysterious blood-drinking woman, frightened patients and staff, medical examination, captivity, and escalating violence amid uncanny events.

Strange Love Spirit Cult

Iida Toyokichi

This serialized erotic thriller follows Shingo and Eiji as they become entangled with the secretive Aireikyō cult, whose leaders abduct and violently restrain women including Miyuki and Mitsuko before the conflict culminates in an…

Woman's Body and Oppression

Suzuki Kazuo

Suzuki Kazuo surveys the oppression of women in Edo-period Japan, tracing the sale, abduction, confinement, and exploitation of women in licensed pleasure quarters and related businesses through legal records, anecdotes, and cases involving Yoshiwara…

Ota's Black Magic

Ozaki Jun

A serialized supernatural SM narrative in which Ota uses “black magic,” needles, ropes, and bodily control to dominate Misato and Mizushima through elaborate scenes of restraint, coercion, humiliation, and sadistic fantasy.

From the Unsorted Shelf

Henshushi

An editorial miscellany presenting excerpts and discussion of submitted or previously unpublished writings, including commentary on editorial selection, manuscript preparation, reader response, and the magazine’s publishing process.

Crimson Crepe Tradition

Shimamoto Haruo

A serialized historical erotic tale set in the Edo period follows a formidable woman pursuing and capturing men amid village intrigue, swordplay, confinement, humiliation, and punitive violence, accompanied by dramatic illustrations.

Black-Haired Lantern

Shima Fuji

A serialized erotic fantasy centers on a young man’s intense, secretive fixation on a woman’s long black hair, developing through voyeurism, hair cutting, possession, and forbidden desire.

Endless Crimson Resentment

Hashizume Hikoshichi

A serialized Edo-period erotic revenge tale follows Oyae, Chōgorō, Tōzaburō, and others through coercive encounters, social intrigue, and escalating punishment, restraint, and violent retribution in and around pleasure quarters and domestic spaces.

Mad Dream

Kyogoku Miki

This surreal serialized SM story follows Chiko through encounters with Miyo and a mysterious black-beret figure, escalating into abduction, restraint, violence, and sadistic sexual power games.

The Sea Demon and the Women

Odagiri So

A serialized historical erotic fiction episode about the pirate lord Wang Zhi and his encounters with women, depicting abduction, captivity, coercion, torture, punishment, and violent power struggles in a sixteenth-century maritime setting. The unit…

Invitation of Darkness

Ushioi Taku

A serialized erotic mystery follows a woman drawn into clandestine nighttime encounters whose disappearance and apparent murder prompt an investigation that gradually exposes deception, coercion, and hidden desire.

Lump of Flesh

Narahara Tetsuo

This illustrated erotic thriller depicts a respectable marriage destabilized by secret sexual obsession, jealousy, and coercive encounters, escalating into psychological and physical violence within an atmosphere of domestic secrecy.

You're Next

Kuroba Shin

A serialized crime-and-SM narrative follows a predatory man, his female victims, and the police investigation surrounding abduction, coercion, bondage, humiliation, sexual violence, and murder. The story moves between criminal pursuit and intensely staged scenes…

Soft-Skin Lantern

Kuroki Shinobu

A serialized erotic crime narrative follows maid Chikaga and other women as they are abducted, bound, humiliated, and threatened by violent men, with the detective-like figure Hamano Suke pursuing the case; illustrated scenes accompany…

Illustrated Tale: Hell Screen

Nakajima Yoshimi

An illustrated historical erotic tale follows the violent entanglements of figures including 長吉, お絹, 鬼丸, and 秀勇, using rope bondage, captivity, coercion, and supernatural or grotesque imagery to dramatize desire and terror.

Selected Nude Masterpieces

Fujisawa Osamu

A photographic portfolio presents nude models in a series of carefully arranged, dramatic poses against dark studio backgrounds, emphasizing bodily form, gesture, and staged erotic display.

From the Unsorted Files

Henjūshi

This editorial miscellany from the magazine’s unsorted files discusses submitted manuscripts and illustrations, comments on editorial selection and revision, and presents excerpts or concepts involving erotic fiction, rope figures, supernatural motifs, and fetish imagery.

The Hanging House

Yakiri Jūhachi

A serialized supernatural erotic tale set around the Musashiya house, where the spirits of abused and murdered women, strange apparitions, and uncanny transformations draw characters into a cycle of fear, revenge, binding, and hanging.…

Madam, Your Hand Please

Narutaki Saburō

A serialized erotic narrative follows actress Yumiko through coercive encounters involving abduction, restraint, staged photography and film production, police intervention, and repeated domination by men. The story blends sensational reportage conventions with eroticized captivity…

Female Hara-Kiri in History and Fiction

Naka Yasuhirō

This illustrated historical-literary study examines female hara-kiri and related forms of ritual self-sacrifice in Japanese history, comparing documented cases with fictional and theatrical representations. It discusses gendered violence, historical sources, and the eroticized depiction…

Servant of the Feet

Makido Nobuo

A first-person erotic narrative traces a man’s lifelong obsession with women’s feet, from childhood discoveries through adult encounters involving observation, touch, footwear, stockings, and covert fetishistic behavior. The account presents this fixation as a…

The Samurai with Two Faces

Shimamoto Haruo

A serialized Edo-period erotic horror tale follows samurai Kaneda Sanshiro through sinister dreams, uncanny transformations, violent swordplay, and encounters with a mysterious woman whose shifting faces blur the boundary between supernatural threat and human…

Female Intelligence Agent

Yoda Seiichi

A serialized illustrated espionage fantasy follows a female intelligence agent infiltrating enemy territory, being captured, and enduring interrogation, confinement, forced undressing, physical restraint, and humiliating abuse before attempting escape and rescue. The narrative combines…

Inside the Gray Walls

Shintani Yoshimi

A serialized first-person account of prison life follows inmates through intake, solitary confinement, labor, discipline, meals, entertainment, family contact, pardon procedures, and the emotional pressures of incarceration, including male same-sex relationships among prisoners. Illustrated…

Aikuchi (Dagger)

Nakabayashi Setsuzō

A serialized sensational erotic crime narrative follows Osawa through encounters involving coercion, restraint, sexual menace, and repeated dagger attacks, culminating in revenge and murder. The continuing story shifts between violent confrontations and scenes of…

The Gallows Bed

Kuroba Shin

A crime-mystery narrative follows the investigation of a strangled woman discovered bound to a bizarre “gallows bed,” with shifting testimonies, suspects, and clues involving rope restraint and sexual intrigue.

Strange Museum

Tōge Kōsuke

A fictionalized visit to a strange museum presents an eccentric collection of historical, foreign, and fetish-related objects while exploring their uses, origins, and the unsettling fascination they hold for visitors.

Hair Wheel

Shima Fuji

A serialized erotic narrative follows Snowe, a woman celebrated for her exceptionally long black hair, through courtship, marriage, jealousy, and increasingly coercive and violent fantasies surrounding male desire and control.

Mystery of the Heike Village

Fujimi Iku

A serialized grotesque horror tale follows two traveling medicine merchants who enter a secluded former Heike settlement, where an uncanny female-led community subjects men to bizarre restraints, punishments, and transformations before the travelers struggle…

The Cursed Old Man

Hasegawa Isamu

A first-person supernatural horror narrative recounts a series of disturbing encounters involving a cursed elderly man, his wife, occult-like phenomena, and increasingly grotesque bodily and psychological transformations.

Tales of Supernatural Strangeness

Suzuki Kazuo

A serialized collection of sensational Edo-period tales recounts murders, executions, strange deaths, cannibalism, criminal women, tattooing, imposture, and other grotesque incidents drawn from historical anecdotal sources.

The Lady and the Dog

Toyama Kazuhiko

A serialized erotic SM narrative about a wealthy woman who subjects a man to dog-like service, physical discipline, humiliation, and increasingly demanding domestic and sexual control.

The Two-Headed Killer

An illustrated film feature recounting a grotesque supernatural crime story in which a scientist’s experiments produce a murderous two-headed creature pursued by police and investigators.

Phantom Samurai: Hama Calendar - Hell of Congealed Fat

Kuroki Shinobu

An illustrated serialized erotic adventure set in an Edo-period milieu follows a woman captured and subjected to elaborate rope restraint, humiliation, and coercive sexual violence before being transported toward a remote island.

Gift from the Dead

Misaki Yōnosuke

A serialized erotic crime thriller follows a married couple whose financial troubles, illicit desires, and encounters with a mysterious dead woman draw them into deception, murder, investigation, and psychological terror. The narrative is interspersed…

The Murderous Doll

Sakata Osamu

A serialized horror narrative follows a couple, a child, and a sinister doll-like presence as unsettling perceptions, psychological disturbance, and violent deaths converge around an apparently murderous supernatural force.

Tattoo

Enjōji Tatsu

A historical erotic adventure set at a mountain inn during torrential flooding depicts travelers, a female bandit, and male criminals becoming entangled in pursuit, coercion, betrayal, and violent struggle.

Beauty and the Beast

Akitsu Kyōta

An illustrated serialized SM story follows a woman captured and restrained by a physically imposing man, with rope bondage, coercion, escape attempts, and escalating confrontations involving additional captors. The narrative alternates between eroticized captivity…

Nude Masterpieces

Fujisawa Osamu

A photographic feature presents a series of posed nude studies, emphasizing the body, dramatic lighting, sculptural composition, and carefully arranged erotic imagery.

From the Unsorted Shelf

Aoki Misao

A first-person confession examines a woman’s life with a husband who subjects her to increasingly elaborate bondage, discipline, collars, ropes, and other forms of control, while she reflects on desire, shame, fear, dependency, and…

Ghostly Yin-Yang Master

Gondaibō Donkai

An Edo-period supernatural erotic tale follows the diviner 彦兵衛 and the young お千代 as occult predictions, ghostly apparitions, possession, and increasingly elaborate acts of binding draw a household into a terrifying web of desire,…

The Demon-Cursed Blind Doll

Shimamoto Haruo

An illustrated Edo-period supernatural tale follows characters caught in a chain of occult curses, sinister apparitions, violent confrontations, and the mysterious “blind doll,” blending eroticized peril with grotesque horror. The narrative is accompanied by…

Strange Letter

Hasegawa Isamu

A first-person gothic mystery begins when a cryptic letter draws the narrator into an unsettling household, where strange instructions, sinister encounters, and gruesome deaths gradually reveal a macabre chain of violence.

Strange Incident at the Hour of the Ox

Nakabayashi Setsuzō

A historical erotic fantasy follows rival figures whose jealousy and revenge culminate in a supernatural curse enacted through a straw effigy, needles, poison, and ritualized bodily torment. The narrative combines samurai-era intrigue with elaborate…

A Woman Digs a Hole

Yanagi Ayako

This sensational erotic crime narrative follows a woman and her associates as murder, concealment of a corpse, digging, pursuit, and threats unfold amid domestic and romantic conflict. Its scenes emphasize coercion, fear, bodily vulnerability,…

Magic-Trick Town

Hada Hikaru

A supernatural erotic story set around an illusionist’s curious town, where visions of drowned women, mannequins, paintings, and uncanny transformations blur the boundary between reality and fantasy.

Andromeda Picture Story

Nakajima Yoshimi

An illustrated erotic fantasy in which an artist’s encounter with an imagined foreign woman develops into a sequence of scenes depicting her capture, chaining, immobilization, and submission.

Enburi: A Curse Song of Tohoku

Narumi Genkichi

A first-person narrator investigates a Tohoku curse song and recounts encounters with an unsettling old house, a troubled family, and a series of uncanny incidents linked to regional folklore and occult beliefs.

Revenge: Female Yasha Extract

Hashizume Hikoshichi

An Edo-period supernatural revenge narrative follows a woman and her adversaries through curses, occult rites, disguises, violence, and schemes for retribution, accompanied by dramatic illustrations.

The Devil's Flute Makes Women Dance

Sugimoto Shun

Sugimoto Shun surveys overseas witchcraft, devil worship, curses, séances, and occult magic through sensational murder reports, ritual accounts, and discussions of supernatural fiction. Illustrated episodes of nude women dancing and apparent possession connect these…

Troubled Married Women Tomoe

Hashizume Hikoshichi

A serialized erotic narrative follows Tomoe and other married women through clandestine encounters, voyeuristic observation, seduction, blackmail, and humiliating sexual entanglements within a late-Edo-style merchant setting. Illustrated scenes emphasize secrecy, marital betrayal, coercive desire,…

History of Beautiful-Boy Seppuku

Naka Yasuhiro

An illustrated historical-literary essay traces the motif of the beautiful young man’s seppuku through early-modern tales and legends, recounting doomed love, male-male bonds, loyalty, revenge, and ritual death in stories such as “Ichiyō no…

Women's Intelligence Agent, 2

Yoda Seiji

This illustrated serialized espionage fantasy follows the female agent Loi after her capture by enemy forces, depicting interrogation, coercive restraint, bondage devices, sensory and electrical punishments, and her eventual rescue by allied soldiers.

The Island of Strange Female Guardians

Odagiri Sō

This historical erotic fantasy follows pirates who seize women on a mysterious island ruled by powerful female guardians, whose violent, supernatural authority overwhelms and ultimately destroys their captors.

Clouded Rear-Window Glass

Takashima Hajime; Ōtaki Sōji

Two reader essays reflect on the issue’s stories, illustrations, photographs, and editorial choices, combining personal reactions with criticism and requests for future erotic material.

Dance of the White Blade

Hisatomi Kōji

A serialized erotic mystery follows a woman haunted by memories and visions of her dead older sister, whose romantic entanglements, swordplay, and violent fate blur the boundaries between recollection, fantasy, and reality.

Slug House

Ujigawa Ryū

This illustrated detective-horror story sends an investigator into a sinister house, where locked rooms, strange slug-like traces, blood, suspicious residents, and a possible murder create an atmosphere of grotesque erotic menace.

Oryū's Secret Notebook

Enjōji Tatsu

An illustrated serialized erotic crime fantasy follows Oryū and Chōtarō as they become entangled with the Black Snake gang through gambling, pursuit, abduction, rope restraint, and supernatural menace.