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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.

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129 archive events + 1 curated milestone 1977
1977
February
Historical Milestone Confirmed

Rope-Tying Classroom

Roppongi Kaoru

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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October
Article / Feature Sun & Moon 55–56

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 57–58

Record of Bondage and Erotic Torment

Ichinose Sōshi

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 59

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 60–61

The Bound Woman of Memory

Ōizumi Kazuya

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 62

Roppongi Kaoru Bondage Portfolio

Roppongi Kaoru

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 63

Birth of a Slave Wife

Wada Eiji

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 64–65

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 68–70

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 71–77

My SM Play Technique, Part Two: Inverted Suspension

Roman-ha Sei

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 78–80

Pseudo-Childbirth

Mutsuki Fueichirō

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 81–86

Miscellaneous Impressions of SMP

Suzui Koreo

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 87–89

Training a Female Member into an M-Woman

Utsunomiya Esuo

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 90–97

Birth of a Slave Wife: Submitted Account

Wada Eiji

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,…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 98–103

Confession: My Ideal Partner

Oga Takashi

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 104–105

Echoes from the City

Chiba Ōmura Moriyoshi

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 106–107

The Urge to Promote M-Infection

Nakabayashi Yoshio

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 108–109

My Pornographic Library

Shinjuku Tarō

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 110–112

Starving for the Real Thing

Nagoya Kenji

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 113

My Wife Is Indifferent

Kamakura Toita Yasuhisa

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 114–115

Toward the World of M

Matsuyama Hiranoga

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 116–117

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 118

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…

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November
Magazine Issue Sun & Moon

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 3–6

Special Photographs of Watanabe Yoshimi

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 9–25

Photographic Record of Watanabe Yoshimi

Urado Hiroshi; photography by Seta Kaiichi

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 26–29

Design for an SM Playroom

Taga Kin

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 30–43

On Making SM Films

Urado Hiroshi

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 44–45

Forms of Love

Kawabe Seiya

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,…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 61–62

Record of Bondage and Erotic Torment

Ichinose Sōshi

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 63–65

An M-Woman Is Better Plump

photographs supplied by Takeuchi Iwao

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 66

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 67–69

Tanigawa Kiyoshi Photo Report

Tanigawa Kiyoshi

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 71

Yamagata-Style Pillar Frame

Taga Kin

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.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 72–77

My SM Play Technique, Part Three: Variant Suspension

Roman-ha Sei

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 78–82

Urethral Masturbation and Foreign-Object Insertion

Mutsuki Fueichirō

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,…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 83–90

Sex-Slave Record, Part One

Suzui Koreo

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 91–98

First Bondage Experience of a Sow-Type M-Woman

Toda Shigeyuki

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,…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 99–107

Fantasies Inspired by Beautiful Breasts

Shima Shikō

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 108

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,…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 109–110

I Am a Witness to a Married Couple’s SM Play

Chiba Shinkiyomaru

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 111

Miscellaneous Thoughts on Valuable Photographs

Inayama Tamio

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’…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 112–113

The Fourth Afterword

Chiba Ōtsuka Akira

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 114

A Request

Kawasaki and Oyama Ryūji

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 115–117

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…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 118

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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