KINBAKU RESEARCH PLATFORM
Kinbaku Timeline
A chronology of people, publications, images, ideas, and practices documented in the Japanese SM Magazine Archive.
Dates and appearances describe material currently documented in the archive. They should not be read as claims of absolute historical first occurrence.
Rope-Tying Classroom
By March 1977, Sun & Moon includes a feature explicitly titled “Rope-Tying Classroom.” In the archive chronology, the title offers a useful marker of how specialized and instructional the presentation of rope practice had…
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Sano Misako: Substitute Wife
A photographic feature presenting Sano Misako in staged “substitute wife” bondage scenarios. The images depict blindfolding, gagging, rope restraint, and submissive poses in a domestic setting.
View in archive →Record of Bondage and Erotic Torment
Ichinose Sōshi’s photographic record of elaborate rope bondage and erotic torment. The sequence shows gagging, bound limbs, constrained floor positions, and frame- or apparatus-assisted restraint.
View in archive →Hamura Shigeki Survey Album, Part Two
The second installment of Hamura Shigeki’s survey album presents photographic scenes of nude women bound in domestic or staged settings. The feature emphasizes the visual documentation of bondage poses and restrained bodies.
View in archive →The Bound Woman of Memory
Ōizumi Kazuya’s “The Bound Woman of Memory” is a photographic feature depicting women in varied states of nude bondage, including standing, reclining, and visibly restrained poses. The images frame bondage as a remembered and…
View in archive →Roppongi Kaoru Bondage Portfolio
A photographic portfolio by Roppongi Kaoru presenting several staged rope-bondage scenes involving a bound female subject in varied floor and seated positions. The emphasis is on the visual display of intricate restraint and bodily…
View in archive →Birth of a Slave Wife
A staged photographic sequence titled “Birth of a Slave Wife,” depicting a restrained and blindfolded subject in domestic bedroom settings alongside bondage-related implements. The imagery presents the transformation into a submissive marital role as…
View in archive →M-Woman T Living in the West, Part Three
A photographic continuation of “M-Woman T Living in the West,” depicting a person undergoing varied rope-bound, blindfolded, and constrained positions in domestic settings and with simple suspension or restraint apparatus.
View in archive →Reader-Submitted Photograph Collection
A reader-submitted collection of erotic bondage photographs showing individuals restrained with ropes, blindfolds, and apparatus in staged domestic scenes, including elevated and immobilized positions.
View in archive →I Am Miko, Part Two
A photographic feature centered on Miko in a sequence of staged bondage scenes. The images depict varied restrained positions, including spread-eagle and suspended or elevated arrangements, emphasizing visual presentation and bodily vulnerability.
View in archive →My SM Play Technique, Part Two: Inverted Suspension
Roman-ha Sei presents practical instructions for inverted suspension using rope, covering positioning, knotting, padding, equipment, and safety precautions. Illustrated demonstrations show different suspension arrangements and ways to support and control the suspended body.
View in archive →Pseudo-Childbirth
An account of “pseudo-childbirth” that stages a medicalized childbirth scenario through pregnancy imagery, obstetric equipment, vaginal insertion, and simulated labor. The article blends erotic role-play with clinical procedure and restraint imagery.
View in archive →Miscellaneous Impressions of SMP
A wide-ranging essay on SMP that discusses the psychology and practice of restraint, including rope materials, tying methods, positional bondage, blindfolding, and related photographic demonstrations. It also reflects on personal experience and invites readers…
View in archive →Training a Female Member into an M-Woman
Utsunomiya Esuo recounts an S-club experiment in which a female member is gradually trained and conditioned into an “M-woman,” using staged bondage, sensory restriction, positional restraint, and disciplined submission. The account is accompanied by…
View in archive →Birth of a Slave Wife: Submitted Account
Wada Eiji presents a submitted narrative about Ryoko, a married woman whose relationship with her husband develops into an increasingly elaborate slave-wife arrangement. The account emphasizes domestic authority, bondage routines, sexual submission, bodily control,…
View in archive →Confession: My Ideal Partner
A first-person confession about an ideal BDSM partner, describing the narrator’s relationship with Yuuko and her gradual introduction of him to bondage, erotic discipline, nudity, and other submissive scenarios. The illustrated account emphasizes her…
View in archive →Echoes from the City
An essay presenting the viewpoint of readers who identify with enema-based erotic punishment, reflecting on the practice’s representation in SM publishing and its place within contemporary fetish culture. The piece also invites further reports…
View in archive →The Urge to Promote M-Infection
A personal essay about the author’s desire to introduce his wife to masochistic and bondage practices. Drawing on marital experimentation, bondage photography, and reflections on sexual responsiveness, it describes attempts to cultivate an ongoing…
View in archive →My Pornographic Library
A collector’s account of building a private library of SM and pornographic books, magazines, photographs, and related materials. The article discusses rare and imported publications, specialist shops and mail-order sources, changing availability, and the…
View in archive →Starving for the Real Thing
Nagoya Kenji critiques contemporary SM magazines for relying on attractive covers and thin, commercial content rather than presenting convincing or challenging material. He compares recent publications with earlier SM culture, discusses bondage and fetish…
View in archive →My Wife Is Indifferent
A personal reader account describing a wife who is indifferent to SM and unwilling to be tied, while the husband hopes that exposure to SM photographs or participation in a photo session might change…
View in archive →Toward the World of M
A reader describes discovering Sun & Moon, developing an interest in SM and erotic imagery, and discussing these interests within his marriage. The personal letter also reflects on finding partners, exchanging correspondence, and the…
View in archive →Aurora
“Aurora” presents an editorial meditation on sexual consciousness, S/M roles, mutual relationships, and the value of individual sexual self-expression. It introduces or promotes a magazine space for readers’ writings and imagery, accompanied by erotic…
View in archive →Transformative Arousal
An editorial reflection on the magazine’s transformation from a privately circulated coterie publication into a commercially distributed SM magazine. It discusses the response of hidden practitioners and readers, reviews featured reporting and photography in…
View in archive →December 1977
The sixth issue of Sun & Moon, published in December 1977, continues the magazine’s distinctive project of turning private SM practice into a participatory print culture. Its central subjects are amateur photography, domestic rope…
View in archive →Special Photographs of Watanabe Yoshimi
A photographic feature on Watanabe Yoshimi depicts a model in staged rope-bondage scenes, including overhead suspension, spread-eagle restraint, blindfolding, and bindings arranged across the body.
View in archive →Photographic Record of Watanabe Yoshimi
A photographic feature documenting Watanabe Yoshimi through an accompanying narrative about staged rope-bondage sessions arranged with her husband and photographer Seta Kaiichi. The images show her blindfolded, gagged, tied in varied positions, and suspended…
View in archive →Design for an SM Playroom
Taga Kin presents a detailed concept for constructing an SM playroom, framed as a synagogue-like private space and illustrated with exterior, floor-plan, interior, and construction images. The proposal incorporates movable and temporary posts, suspension…
View in archive →On Making SM Films
A behind-the-scenes account of producing SM films, centered on the making of 貴婦人・縛り壺 and related productions. The director discusses casting, scripts, budgets, locations, rope arrangements, performer direction, filming techniques, censorship, and the practical difficulties…
View in archive →Forms of Love
An essay reflecting on changing representations of bondage and SM, questioning rigid distinctions between normal and abnormal desire. It presents SM as one possible form of love and considers the roles of personal feeling,…
View in archive →Bondage Memoir: The Pleasure of Serving as a Beast of Burden
A mixed memoir and photographic feature recounting a married woman’s submission to her husband through domestic rope bondage, gagging, blindfolding, crawling, and suspension. The accompanying images document staged scenes of ritualized restraint and service…
View in archive →The Woman Who Came from the North Like a Wild Goose
A photographic feature presenting a woman from “the North” in a sequence of staged rope-bound poses, including kneeling, reclining, and floor-based restraint. The imagery emphasizes theatrical erotic submission and the visual display of bondage.
View in archive →Record of Bondage and Erotic Torment
Ichinose Sōshi’s photographic record documents elaborate scenes of bondage and erotic torment, with a woman tied, blindfolded, and arranged in varied seated, standing, and reclining positions. The feature foregrounds rope work, restrictive posture, and…
View in archive →An M-Woman Is Better Plump
A photographic portfolio presenting a plump “M-woman” in staged scenes of nudity, collaring, blindfolding, chaining, and submissive display. The images emphasize her body and ritualized restraint as erotic spectacle.
View in archive →Pet Miko
A photographic feature depicting “Miko” as a collared and leashed pet, posed on the floor and subjected to controlled, physically restrictive positions. The imagery combines pet-role presentation with staged dominance and submission.
View in archive →Tanigawa Kiyoshi Photo Report
A photographic report by Kiyoshi Tanigawa depicting models subjected to elaborate rope bondage, restraint, blindfolding, gagging, and staged punishment scenes. The sequence includes indoor positional bondage and outdoor/tree-based restraint imagery.
View in archive →S’s Wife: A Record of Late-Night Outdoor Torment
A photographic record of S’s wife undergoing a late-night outdoor bondage scene, with the restrained and blindfolded woman posed against a tree and a vehicle. The images emphasize public or outdoor exposure, immobilization, and…
View in archive →Yamagata-Style Pillar Frame
An illustrated feature presenting a Yamagata-style pillar-frame apparatus for securing a person in a spread-eagle posture. Diagrams show the frame’s construction and attachment points, emphasizing its use as a structured bondage device.
View in archive →My SM Play Technique, Part Three: Variant Suspension
The third installment of a practical SM technique series explaining variant suspension methods. It combines instructional text, diagrams, and photographs of rope suspensions involving different body positions, attachment points, and support arrangements, with attention…
View in archive →Urethral Masturbation and Foreign-Object Insertion
An instructional and anecdotal article on urethral masturbation and the insertion of foreign objects, discussing devices, techniques, bodily sensations, and reported experiences involving both men and women. It also addresses precautions, hygiene, possible complications,…
View in archive →Sex-Slave Record, Part One
The first part of Suzui Koreo’s personal “sex-slave record” combines autobiographical testimony with photographs and diagrams of bondage scenes, restraints, and handmade devices. It describes experiences of submission, sensory restriction, gagging, penetration, and the…
View in archive →First Bondage Experience of a Sow-Type M-Woman
An erotic reportage account follows an M-oriented woman through her first extended bondage session, arranged and photographed by the author. The sequence depicts rope bondage in several positions, escalating restraint and exposure, verbal direction,…
View in archive →Fantasies Inspired by Beautiful Breasts
An extended discussion of breast-focused SM fantasies and practices, drawing on Scandinavian and Japanese erotic magazines, personal reactions, and photographic examples. It considers breast sensitivity, bondage and suspension techniques, clamps, impact, nursing imagery, and…
View in archive →Echoes from the City
An illustrated reader/artist feature centered on a drawing of a bound, heavy-set woman and the artist’s stated preference for depicting fat women. The accompanying text discusses erotic and SM illustration, artistic aims, reader requests,…
View in archive →I Am a Witness to a Married Couple’s SM Play
A first-person account of a married couple’s SM practice, presenting marital play as a stable and mutually satisfying form of participation. The article also discusses SM photography, magazine exchange, and the need for readers…
View in archive →Miscellaneous Thoughts on Valuable Photographs
An essay on the aesthetics and emotional effect of “punishment photographs,” arguing that convincing images should convey pain, disorientation, vulnerability, and a threatening environment rather than merely staged enjoyment. It considers camera direction, models’…
View in archive →The Fourth Afterword
An editorial afterword reflects on the planning and production of the fourth issue, arguing that restraint photography should have artistic and research value rather than become mere pornography. It also discusses models, photographers, rope…
View in archive →A Request
A reader request praises model Sano Misako’s submissive performances and asks that she appear in a future issue, while offering personal assistance with reporting or photo production. The correspondence combines admiration for female submission…
View in archive →Reader Photographs, Notices, and Group Information
A reader-oriented section presenting bondage photographs alongside notices about photo submissions, model opportunities, correspondence, and SM group or meeting activities. It emphasizes participation in the magazine’s reader network and the exchange of erotic images…
View in archive →Transformative Arousal
An illustrated erotic narrative or reflection centered on Mrs. Watanabe, whose experience of coercive treatment, humiliation, and bodily stimulation transforms her erotic response. The piece explores the overlap of sadistic fantasy, masochistic desire, and…
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