Fire, Part Five

Matsui Kōko

The fifth installment of Matsui Kōko’s serialized erotic novel follows a married couple whose encounters with artists and other outsiders awaken forbidden desires, jealousy, and shifting sexual roles. The narrative develops through adulterous intrigue,…

Publication Notices and Advertisements

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…

O-Sayo Night Storm

Takatsuki Daizō; illustrations by Kita Reiko

An illustrated historical erotic narrative in which O-Sayo is captured and subjected to escalating restraint, gagging, humiliation, and coercive sexual domination. The sequential scenes emphasize her helplessness as her captor binds and controls her…

The Blood-Soaked Fairy

Kakuda Sumio

An erotic-grotesque tale follows several women whose intimate encounters escalate into ritualized domination involving restraint, burning, wounds, and blood. The narrative also plays with same-sex desire and ambiguity surrounding the characters’ sex and bodies.

The Joy of Youth

planning and text by Miki Saburō; photography by Hamakawa Kichizō

A photographic feature celebrating youthful pleasure and bodily freedom through staged images of a young woman outdoors, including scenes beside and in the water. The accompanying text evokes spring, nature, sensuality, and the hopes…

The Sufferings of Christine

translated by Azuma Minoru

An unfinished translated serialized narrative in which Christine recounts her troubled upbringing, her father’s financial collapse, and pressure to marry the wealthy Paul. Her resistance leads to threats, abduction, physical restraint, and escalating coercive…

Employment Guidance as I Saw It

An illustrated, satirical look at employment guidance and job-seeking, presenting a series of comic scenes involving applicants, workplaces, and sexualized social interactions. The feature uses eroticized cartoon imagery to comment humorously on employment and…

From Constitution and Physique

An illustrated discussion considers whether a person’s physical constitution or body type can reveal erotic or sexual proclivities. A series of humorous vignettes presents social, intimate, and observational situations to explore the limits of…

Such Things Happen

A short illustrated comic feature presents a series of humorous sexual and romantic misunderstandings, using domestic and voyeuristic situations for comic effect. The captions and scenes emphasize the absurdity of everyday erotic encounters.

A Striptease Show for a Little Money

An illustrated erotic comedy about a low-cost striptease performance, depicting the performer, spectators, and the awkwardly humorous reactions surrounding the show.

Comic Street Scenes

Kawachi Kōji

A sequence of humorous erotic cartoons portraying everyday street and domestic situations, including marriage, henpecked husbands, female authority, flirtation, and sexual embarrassment.

The Ugly Woman’s Debauchery

Sado Izumi

This illustrated fiction traces an ostracized woman’s pursuit of pleasure through the domination and brutalization of men, including binding, biting, burning, and bloodletting. Her cruelty is presented alongside bodily stigma, jealousy, and struggles for…

Steps of the Rainbow

Izumi Tatsunosuke

A serialized erotic narrative follows a narrator and companions through encounters in Ginza that develop into voyeuristic and coercive scenes involving a woman being stripped, tied, restrained, and displayed. The story emphasizes eroticized observation,…

A Chronicle of Menstrual-Blood Obsession

Senba Kenji

Framed as a sensational case history, the story concerns a tuberculosis patient whose obsession with menstrual blood leads to voyeurism around women’s toilets, fantasies of healing through blood, and increasingly predatory and hallucinatory behavior.…

Prison

Goku Osamu

A first-person captivity narrative recounts a young man’s arrest, imprisonment, transfer, forced nudity, binding, and humiliating treatment by guards and other observers. After his release, the account continues to connect institutional confinement with eroticized…

Striptease from Morning Until Midnight

Hayase Jirō

A sequential erotic comic follows a striptease performer through an entire day, depicting repeated performances, backstage interactions, spectators, photographers, and the commercial milieu surrounding her work. The exaggerated situations combine sexual display with comedy…

Searching for the Roots of Torture and Perversion

Goku Osamu

An extended essay investigates the psychological and social roots of torture, sadism, and sexual perversion. Drawing on personal anecdotes, historical Japanese and Western punishment practices, legal cases, literature, and contemporary SM culture, it considers…

A Magazine Called the Laugh-Line Streetcar

A visual publishing feature presents a humor-oriented magazine through portrait photography and cartoon scenes of its editor, contributors, and readers. The page emphasizes the magazine’s playful editorial identity and its social circulation among an…

The Blood Needle of Delusion

Fuyutani Eitarō

An erotic-horror tale follows an aging master tattooist who marks a young woman’s body with elaborate snake designs, using the pain of repeated needles to awaken desire and memories of an earlier woman. Tattooing,…

Anja Paper’s Monologue

Kasuga Saburō

A humorous first-person monologue by Kasuga Saburō built around the speaker’s claim that he was born on April 1, prompting jokes about April Fool’s Day. The piece also recounts episodes from the magazine office,…

A Relaxed View of Life

Natsume Koshō

Natsume Koshō’s essay reflects on the work of women serving in Japanese restaurants, whose duties extend from serving food and drink to entertaining male customers. Through an anecdote involving a politically prominent client and…

Love Slave, Part Six

Kitō Kōichirō

The sixth installment of Kitō Kōichirō’s serialized erotic narrative follows a psychologically tormented man whose relationship with Harumi becomes entangled with jealousy, humiliation, sexual coercion, and fantasies of domination. Dreamlike and staged encounters blur…

Umbrellas and Petticoat Government

Kitamura Ken

A humorous, illustrated conversational essay about umbrella repairers, barbers, dress and shoe purchases, and the everyday power exercised by women over men. Its anecdotes repeatedly contrast male embarrassment and desire with women’s confidence, consumer…

The Woman of Paris Is Passionate

Nakamura Shintarō

A Japanese traveler’s memoir of Paris recounts encounters with nude models, artists, and sexually candid women, contrasting French social and erotic customs with those of Japan and other countries. Its observations blend bohemian studio…

Erotic-Music Rhapsody

Rakudan Suzume

This sprawling entertainment miscellany recounts the romantic and sexual scandals of prominent musicians and public figures, then devotes substantial attention to the marriage, family conflict, and political careers of Sonoda Sunao and Matsutani Tenkōkō.…

The Criminal History of the Tyrant Ivan, Part Two

Takatori Nagaharu

The second installment of Takatori Nagaharu’s historical account of Ivan the Terrible depicts the tsar’s reign through episodes of torture, arbitrary punishment, executions, massacres, and repression. It emphasizes the cruelty of Ivan and his…

The Woman Seen at Night

Yamada Katsuko

An erotic short story centered on a woman encountered and observed at night, with pan-pan culture, rented rooms, money, deception, and unstable sexual relationships shaping the narrative. The story emphasizes voyeuristic curiosity and the…

An Abnormal Virgin Membrane

Sakurada Kazuo

A police memoir-style narrative contrasting older and contemporary sexual attitudes, centered on anecdotes involving chastity, marriage, and the intimate lives of women encountered in urban and rural settings. The piece combines social commentary with…

Zenkōji Bathhouse Story

Mitsui Takanobu

An erotic tale explaining the traditional “mizūage” custom associated with the geisha and pleasure quarters, depicting a young woman’s sexual initiation in the context of marriage, arranged relationships, and first-night expectations. The story uses…

Yukiko’s Punishment

Ōkawa Noriko

A first-person erotic narrative recounts Yukiko’s increasingly elaborate punishment sessions with an older woman, moving from rope bondage and sensory restriction to staged execution scenarios involving a scaffold, decapitation apparatus, and confinement in a…

A Lush Bedroom Scene

Marie Tsushima

An article about the demands of performing eroticized bedroom and stage scenes, focusing on performers’ embarrassment, costumes, gestures, and the audience’s enthusiastic response. It contrasts ordinary theatrical acting with commercially staged scenes designed to…

Fūryū Apartment

Kusuha Eiji

A satirical episodic story follows the eccentric residents of a fashionable postwar apartment building, including a painter obsessed with scientific theories of sex and marriage, an aspiring novelist, and three attractive sisters. Their domestic…

Dancing-Girl Striptease Oddities

Satsuki Yūko

A humorous backstage-style account of dancing girls and revue performers, centered on revealing bloomers, costume mishaps, provocative choreography, and the reactions of audiences and fellow performers. The piece situates these anecdotes within Japan’s postwar…

From a Masochist’s Notebook

Numa Shōzō

A first-person masochist’s notebook that presents erotic fantasies and reflections through a series of themed episodes involving drinking vessels, scent, the tongue, harnessing, and other forms of service, domination, restraint, and punishment. The essay…

New Tales of Excrement and Urine

Sugishita Kamesuke

A scatological erotic narrative centered on night-soil collectors and their encounters with households, presenting bodily waste as an object of unusual fascination and desire. The piece combines occupational anecdotes, social observation, and fetishistic interest…

No Chance of Egg Implantation

Uehara Ichirō

A humorous erotic tale in which chicken eggs, believed to promote health and sexual vitality, bring a poultry farmer into contact with a family and ultimately facilitate a romantic or marriage connection. The story…

Sinful Shadow-Picture Play

Shikitei Tonma

An illustrated erotic comic centered on a shadow-theatre performance, in which silhouettes, costumes, stage effects, and performers create suggestive scenes. Conversational commentary about entertainers and changing popular tastes frames the playful spectacle.

A Brief Explanation of the Tale of Suetsumuhana

Jinde Tatsurō

This illustrated, humorous literary commentary retells and interprets the Suetsumuhana episode from The Tale of Genji, especially its treatment of courtship, physical appearance, and the famously red-nosed princess. Extended digressions examine mirrors in Japanese…

A Stylish Female Painter

Shibuya Sakae

An illustrated comic portrait of Kawagishi, a bold and unconventional female painter known for her forceful, masculine-coded manner and provocative artistic world. Studio conversations and scenes involving bodies, modeling, display, and sexual reputation satirize…

Aphrodite Fantasy

Okada Sakiko

An erotic fantasy narrative in which a female narrator becomes entangled with a novelist and his associates, leading to repeated scenes of rope bondage, restraint, coercion, and humiliation. Presented in serialized chapters with accompanying…

Ah, the Vanished Pet

Komatsu Kaoru

A humorous erotic tale in which the scientist Mita recounts his youthful relationship with a German woman and a later reunion that overturns his idealized memories of her. The narrative dwells on bodily allure,…

The Pharmacist’s Strange Habit

Kiryū Jirō

A comic erotic story about Ono, a pharmaceutical-company representative, and K子, a hospital head nurse, whose clandestine courtship involves nighttime visits to the nurses’ quarters and develops into a more permanent relationship. The story…

The Striptease Hut

Ōki Keita

An erotic reportage-style feature follows a visit to a striptease venue, describing its performers, audience, backstage atmosphere, and staged undressing routines. The narrator presents the venue as a site of spectacle, sexual curiosity, and…

My Painful Sunday

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A first-person confessional account traces the narrator’s developing fascination with eroticized violence, bodily vulnerability, and abdominal cutting, linking personal memories with readings, theatrical imagery, and reflections on sexual psychology. The piece presents these interests…

A Story of a Man Who Had His Mawashi Taken

Haga Yoshiko

A fictional erotic account centers on a woman recounting how a man stripped her of her clothing and control during a drinking encounter. The narrative develops themes of coercion, humiliation, and unequal sexual power…

Practical Notes on Erotic Customs

An illustrated, comic handbook presents anecdotes, jokes, folk beliefs, and purported practical advice about courtship, sexual behavior, bodies, and relations between men and women. Its short entries range across Japanese and foreign customs, using…

Green Moss

Takeya Kōji

A serialized erotic narrative follows tangled relationships among married and unmarried adults as jealousy, sexual coercion, humiliation, and domestic control intensify. Its later episodes depict women subjected to extended bondage, restraint, forced nudity, breast-focused…

A Fair-Weather Weapon

Kita Ichirō

An erotic travel anecdote about a Japanese diplomatic official whose sexual prowess becomes a source of fascination and comparison in Parisian nightlife. The narrative contrasts Japanese and foreign sexual attitudes through stories involving European…

A Gentleman’s Collecting Mania

Yoyogi Bansuke

A comic erotic story about a respectable gentleman with a collecting obsession who recruits a bathhouse attendant to obtain discarded personal hair and other intimate remnants from female patrons. The narrative treats this fetishistic…

Curious Tales of Right and Left

Sasagawa Arden

A humorous salon-style dialogue explores supposedly meaningful differences between the right and left sides of the body, especially in hair parting, hairstyling, dress, and everyday behavior. The discussion extends these observations into playful gender…

After the Quiet Theater: Memories of Shanghai, Part Two

Himeumi Shirō

Himeumi Shirō continues his memoir of Shanghai with a visit to a theater after many years away, describing the audience, tea-house customs, backstage atmosphere, performers, and a staged erotic drama. The account recounts scenes…

A Story Limited to One Person

Sōma Chieko

A first-person relationship story centers on an unmarried woman connected with the film and stage world, discussing social pressure to marry, romantic attachment, and the complications that arise when intimate relationships become unstable. The…

The Oiran’s Betrayal

Akikaze Ryūkyō

An illustrated erotic narrative set in the licensed quarter follows an oiran and the men around her through betrayal, suspicion, and coercive encounters. The story combines period courtesan-house atmosphere with scenes of restraint, pursuit,…

Money or a Man?

Kiyokawa Nijiko

A discursive feature asks whether women should prioritize financial security or a romantic partner, using contrasting male and female perspectives to discuss marriage, economic dependence, attraction, and changing postwar gender expectations. Its conversational, advice-like…

The Teased Breasts

Tsukue Gorō

This illustrated erotic fiction follows a Ginza striptease performer celebrated for her unusually large breasts, whose public sexualization, financial troubles, and troubled marriage culminate in coercive and sadistic abuse. The narrative treats voyeuristic spectacle…

Bound Expressions

A photographic feature demonstrates how rope bondage produces different bodily positions and facial expressions. Accompanying commentary discusses the model’s reactions, cooperation and resistance, while presenting several tied poses as staged visual studies.

The World’s Best Toilet

Hiyama Yoshirō

A humorous illustrated essay about men’s fascination with women’s nude bodies, including the voyeuristic pleasures and awkward social dynamics surrounding nude modeling and photography. It satirizes gender relations and the supposed inconvenience of women…

Waist-Meat Studies

Morishige Hisaya

A comic essay devoted to the erotic and aesthetic significance of women’s waists, buttocks, and related body contours. Drawing on comparisons with food, animals, Western beauty ideals, and popular imagery, it treats “waist meat”…

Gathering Around Ms. Kago

multiple contributors

A reader roundtable gathers around Matsui Kago to discuss her bondage fiction, creative motivations, literary methods, and depictions of women being tied. Participants also reflect on the realism, psychology, illustrations, readership, and practical details…

The Forceful Gentleman Customer

Oka Sakura

An illustrated erotic narrative follows a woman working in a beauty or service establishment as she deals with an insistent male customer who ignores boundaries and presses his advances. The dialogue and staged scenes…

If You Had a Popular Star for a Wife

A satirical survey imagines the difficulties of being married to a famous actress, emphasizing studio control, intrusive managers, financial dependence, jealousy, gossip, and the pressures of maintaining a star’s public image. Anecdotes about Japanese…

Sake Alone and the Geisha’s Skill

Uno Tomiyo

A first-person-style account from the world of geisha and entertainment describes the difficulties of dealing with drunken and sexually aggressive male customers. Through humorous anecdotes and dialogue, it considers professional composure, unwanted advances, and…

The Strip Wife Club

Fujiwara Kanasoku

A humorous erotic feature about striptease performers and the men who become fascinated with them, including speculation about their personalities, relationships, and suitability as wives. Illustrated scenes and conversational commentary place striptease within postwar…

The Hadaka Ghost Story

Kobayashi Katsuki

A supernatural erotic story centered on nude photography, a photographer or studio setting, and strange encounters involving women, images, and apparent ghostly manifestations. The narrative combines comic horror with voyeuristic interest in the nude…

A Gruesome Picture of a Male Prostitute

Tan'ami Haruhiko

This dark erotic fiction follows a young man whose developing same-sex desires lead him into male prostitution, exploitation, bondage, and increasingly violent sadomasochistic encounters. The narrative presents his sexuality through a sensationalized trajectory of…

Execution of a Vamp Woman

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A historical survey of Japanese “vamp” actresses and their screen careers, discussing performers such as Mine Ginko, Date Satoko, Irie Takako, and others. It emphasizes their glamorous or sexually charged screen images, physical presentation,…

Sausage and Egg White

Kashima Seikichi

A chef recounts an allegedly true restaurant episode involving a widowed proprietress, her female staff, customers, and a drunken man whose late-night behavior creates an increasingly sexual and coercive situation. The narrative blends workplace…

On Female Circumcision

Ikeda Toshio

A historical account of women’s self-disembowelment as a form of suicide, drawing on reported cases and older cultural narratives to examine the act’s social, sexual, and sensational meanings. The surrounding discussion places such imagery…

This Road Cannot Be Avoided

Ogi Sōsuke

An essay examines the appeal and credibility of sensational “true stories” in contemporary erotic magazines, contrasting police suppression and commercial publishing with readers’ appetite for scandalous material. It then presents a humorous erotic anecdote…

Mania Correspondence

A reader-correspondence and advice feature answers questions about unconventional erotic fixations and sexual behavior, including attraction to adolescents, body odors, statues, feet, and elderly partners. The responses mix popular sexology, anecdote, and cultural examples…

One Night of Yobai

Tachibana Sakuya

A fictionalized account of yobai, the traditional nocturnal visiting custom, in which Yūtarō secretly approaches a young woman in a rural village. The story frames the encounter through remembered village practices, clandestine desire, and…

Depictions of Perversion in Literature

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An essay examines depictions of ritual suicide by disembowelment (seppuku) in Japanese literature, tracing the motif from historical and military narratives through modern novels and drama. It compares authors’ graphic descriptions of wounds, bodily…

Is That the Husband’s Child?

Hirai Noboru

An erotic narrative built around overheard conversations and uncertainty about a child’s paternity. A narrator observes the emotional and sexual complications involving a married couple, an outside relationship, and the question of whether the…

A Curse Binding Soft, Beautiful Skin

Katsushika Rikuhachirō

A sensationally illustrated survey of corporal punishment and execution in Japanese history, describing crucifixion, suspension, mutilation, and other methods through anecdotes involving both male and female victims. The article repeatedly frames bondage and bodily…

How to Handle Youth

Nakamura Yukie

A conversational essay about the sexual tensions that can arise during medical examinations, especially for young patients and medical workers who routinely encounter the opposite sex. It discusses embarrassment, arousal, and the psychological adjustment…

When One Becomes a Doctor in the Pleasure Quarter

Minami Hiroaki

A humorous, dialogue-driven account of a physician practicing near the pleasure quarter, where he treats women for urinary, dermatological, and venereal complaints. The story also depicts the sexual customs and “water-drawing” initiation of a…