Illustrated Torture Interrogation

A series of eroticized illustrations presents four interrogation-torture scenarios attributed to special police questioning a suspected thought criminal, including suspension, forced drinking, finger compression, and burning with newspaper.

In the Mountain Villa

Sugihara Kōji

An erotic illustration set in a mountain villa depicts a kimono-clad woman dominating and threatening a man with a sword while he lies restrained on the floor.

No Need for Intervention

Sugihara Kōji

A samurai-era erotic illustration portrays a woman in a state of undress being confronted and controlled by an armed man, evoking punishment and sexual coercion.

Water Torture

This illustrated water-torture scene presents a captive woman subjected to drowning or submersion threats in a secret room, alongside text describing kidnapped women being traded by slave merchants.

As a Problem of the Self: Reading New Developments in Inversion Research

Hayashi Yumio

Hayashi Yumio critically examines contemporary research on “inversion” (homosexuality), questioning simple distinctions between normality and abnormality and weighing innate disposition, psychological factors, social environment, ethics, and cultural change. The essay also challenges reductive biological…

Pleasurable Lesbian Sex

An eroticized lesbian-sex feature presents imagined or dramatized encounters between women through suggestive dialogue, intimate scenarios, and discussions of sexual roles, desire, and bodily pleasure. Its tone combines sexual fantasy with a permissive treatment…

Bass Solo

Shirogane Kōji

A serialized erotic script follows artists, photographers, and women through staged encounters involving seduction, exhibition, voyeuristic photography, coercive posing, nudity, and bondage-like situations. The dialogue-driven narrative repeatedly turns women’s bodies and sexual vulnerability into…

Female Seppuku Fantasy, Continued

A serialized erotic fantasy depicts a woman subjected to increasingly elaborate restraint, torture, and ritualized female seppuku, accompanied by graphic staged illustrations and procedural descriptions.

White-Faced Demon

Taketani Jūzō

This serialized SM fiction follows a troubled love triangle involving adultery, jealousy, captivity, sexual humiliation, and escalating sadistic punishment imposed on women by male and female characters.

Cruel Women

Johannes R. Birlinger

Translated from a 1901 German illustrated work, this historical account presents cases of allegedly cruel women—especially a female teacher whose disciplinary practices become abusive—through descriptions of corporal punishment, sexualized cruelty, and institutional authority.

Blood-Stained Hair Rope, Part Five

Itō Seiu

The fifth installment examines Japanese hair practices and hairstyles across historical periods, linking elaborate coiffures, theatrical conventions, and hair-binding imagery to changing ideals of beauty and eroticized restraint, with numerous accompanying illustrations.

Seppuku Suicide

A newspaper-style report describes the seppuku suicide of a young man, including the circumstances of the act, medical response, and subsequent death.

Notes on Meiji-Period Newspapers, Part Two

Azuma Shin

The second installment surveys Meiji-era newspaper stories involving gender, sexuality, marriage, domestic conflict, cross-dressing, violence, and sensational social incidents, commenting on what these reports reveal about changing sexual and social norms.

Movie Musings

Kawamura Misao

A film commentary examines bondage, captivity, punishment, and sexually charged performances in Japanese and foreign cinema, discussing actors, staging, camera work, and the appeal of restraint imagery.

Ten Months in Captivity

Haruta Ichirō

A first-person account of ten months in prison describes captivity, surveillance, disciplinary rules, graded privileges, forced training-factory labor, inspections, punishment, and the routines of institutional life.

An Inquiry into Sex

Futamata Shizuko

This sexological essay, framed partly as a response to a letter from “M,” considers sexual desire, gendered behavior, evolutionary and social explanations, and changing ideas about masculinity, femininity, and sexual freedom.

Thirty Years of Pursuing Abnormality: Women

Yamada Masami

Yamada Masami reflects on thirty years of observing and pursuing women’s “abnormal” sexuality, centering on a married couple whose experiments with appearance, flirtation, jealousy, and sexual disclosure reshape their relationship. The essay presents these…

On Ejaculation

Mizushima Maru

This award-winning erotic narrative depicts Taeko being dressed in a diaper cover, restrained in uncomfortable positions, and subjected to escalating bodily discomfort, sweating, urination, and humiliation. The story emphasizes the fetishistic clothing and sensory…

My Underwear

A reader-centered confession and exchange discusses a fetishistic fixation on women’s underwear, including worn or soiled garments, bodily scent, and the desire to wear or handle them. The piece combines personal testimony with the…

Strange Wind

Kurihara Shin

Kurihara Shin reflects on the magazine’s literary and visual representations of sadism, bondage, and erotic fantasy, defending imaginative illustration while comparing it with fiction, film, censorship, and readers’ expectations. The essay also comments on…

Spectacle and Sadism

Tsuchiya Naniwa

An essay on sadism as spectacle, drawing on freak shows, popular entertainment, historical anecdotes, wartime memories, and the author’s reflections on the public’s fascination with staged bodily suffering and grotesquerie.

Abortion Discussion

Karii Rei

A photographic and autobiographical discussion of producing staged bondage images, describing models, studio arrangements, rope and cloth restraints, poses, lighting, and the aesthetic presentation of bound bodies.

Diary of a Female Sadist

Nagase Akiko

A first-person diary of a female sadist recounting encounters with women and scenes of female-led restraint, humiliation, and painful sexual domination, accompanied by erotic illustrations of the episodes.

Fallen Passion

Sawai Kazuo

A serialized erotic narrative set around a theatrical entertainment venue follows performers, spectators, and intermediaries through staged nudity, voyeuristic display, and shifting power dynamics. The story emphasizes sexual humiliation, performance, and the boundary between…

My Genealogy of Inversion

A first-person essay traces the author’s lifelong fascination with nude bodies, from childhood impressions and wartime or athletic imagery to nude photography, illustration, physical culture, and imagined erotic scenes. It presents this development as…

Bad Habit

Enomoto Toshiko

An erotic story follows a married couple whose troubling sexual habit and fetishistic impulses lead to scenes of coercion, humiliation, confession, and attempted reconciliation. Foot-focused behavior is central to the couple’s marital sexual conflict.

How I Torture Him

Takarazuka Fumio

A first-person erotic feature presents elaborate methods for restraining and tormenting women, describing rope ties, handcuffs, blindfolds, suspension, staged scenes, and humiliating commands in hotel and workplace settings.

The Man Who Longs for Death by Strangulation

A confessional narrative traces a man’s lifelong fascination with strangulation and death, from childhood memories and fantasies to experiments involving ropes, self-binding, suspension, and imagined execution.

Crucifixion Fantasy

Jūji Kōsuke

An essay on crucifixion as a cruel yet visually compelling form of punishment, examining its representation in films, literary works, and staged scenes of bound women and men.

Secret Japanese Sadistic Murder Cases

Miki Yoshio

A sensationalized reconstruction of a concealed incident in Manchuria in which Japanese protagonists are detained, abused, pursued, and killed, presented through narrative dialogue and stark illustrations of captivity and execution.

Recollections

A personal wartime recollection describes returning home after the Pacific War and naval service, contrasting the discipline of military life with the freedom and domestic comfort of postwar civilian life.

On Pictures of Torture

An illustrated essay reflects on historical torture and punishment scenes, discussing how violent restraint, captivity, and suffering were transformed into eroticized imagery in modern specialist publishing. It examines six accompanying illustrations of women subjected…

A Boy's Monologue

Maki Keiichi

A first-person monologue follows a boy’s adolescent sexual awakening, centered on his fascination with the bodies of older rugby players and his secret voyeuristic fantasies, same-sex desire, and conflicted feelings of shame and longing.

Cursed Bond

Mitsunashi Haruhiko

A historical crime narrative set in the Edo period recounts the brutal investigation, torture, confession, execution, and aftermath of a couple accused of murdering an infant, emphasizing sensational punishment practices and public spectacle.

From the Notebook of a Certain Masochist

Numa Shōzō

A purported masochist’s notebook presents episodes of coercive marital sexuality, humiliation, fetishistic bodily practices, and sadomasochistic fantasy, followed by commentary and bibliographic notices on related erotic literature and imagery.

What Is B?

Sakata Nobuharu

An open letter by a self-described masochist seeks the elusive “B,” presenting detailed physical and psychological portraits of the correspondents and their desired sadomasochistic relationship. The piece blends personal disclosure, erotic fantasy, and a…

The Hero of Inversion: Oda Nobunaga

Kasagi Toshirō

This extended historical essay portrays Oda Nobunaga as an “inverted hero,” examining his political and military career through claims about cruelty, sadism, religious hostility, strategic deception, and exceptional psychological temperament. Historical anecdotes and illustrations…

Modern Masochism Art Review

An essay-review considers modern masochism as an artistic and cultural form, examining how masochistic desire and imagery are represented and interpreted.

Aware

Aware Seiichirō

This serialized fiction follows Aware Seiichirō and his wife Myōko through a volatile marriage in which drinking, jealousy, domestic conflict, and escalating bondage reshape their relationship and power dynamics.

The Bare Face of the Bound Model

Tsuji Takashi

A reportage and photographic feature profiles bound models including Murata Namiko and Sakaguchi Rieko, describing staged rope-restraint sessions, outdoor and water-related settings, photographic direction, and the models’ responses to the work.

The Plaza of Solitude

Furukawa Yūko

An editorial open letter presents the magazine as a refuge and meeting place for readers drawn to unconventional literature, arguing for experimental, erotic, detective, and otherwise “heretical” writing while inviting readers to contribute.

Stepmother Abuse, Continued

Ōmura Mitsuko

This illustrated discussion examines bondage drawings and the expressive possibilities of rope, cords, and varied restraint positions, linking technical ingenuity with erotic atmosphere and visual composition.

Open Letter to the Editor

Karii Rei

A reader-correspondence section gathers letters about erotic illustrations, bondage imagery, sexual preferences, and readers’ responses to the magazine, emphasizing ongoing participation and exchange within its readership.

Toward Abnormal Literature

Nagami Jirō

An essay considers the role of “abnormal” literature in representing socially forbidden desire, psychological conflict, bodily cruelty, and the tensions between idealism and erotic longing.

On Tight Binding

Takada Yō

A discussion of tight binding examines rope restraint as an erotic practice, including binding positions, bodily presentation, technical arrangement, and the visual appeal of bound bodies in photographs.

Reader Communications

A multi-page reader-correspondence section gathers letters on masochism, fetishism, sodomy, enema practices, erotic photography, bondage, and readers’ reactions and submissions to the magazine. It documents the participatory exchange linking personal experiences, requests, criticism, and…

Masochist Communications

A masochist correspondence section discusses abdominal-cutting and seppuku fantasies, pain, blood, restraint, and related erotic imaginings, alongside notices for bondage-themed films and agency materials.

Fetish Communications

Readers exchange accounts and fantasies concerning fetish interests, including abdominal cutting, women’s feet and white socks, bodily appearance, erotic imagery, and related sexual preferences, with editorial replies and publication notes.

Topic Solicitation and Publication Information

The editors solicit manuscripts, illustrations, photographs, letters, and ideas on fetish and SM subjects while announcing publication and subscription information for the magazine.

Beautiful Door

An erotic illustration depicts a woman posed in a doorway with her raised arms and body apparently secured by straps or restraints.

Two-Horse Carriage

An erotic illustration presents a commanding woman holding reins attached to two kneeling, collared men, emphasizing a spectacle of female control and male submission.

Woman in the Water

Miyako Mineko

Two sensual illustrations portray topless women reclining and partially submerged in water amid floral motifs, patterned fabrics, and dreamlike aquatic surroundings.

Black News: Bondage

A photographic bondage feature presents women in black clothing restrained with bands and coverings, emphasizing tightly bound seated and reclining poses.

What Kind of Pose Will You Take?

A pose-focused photographic feature shows masked and restrained women adopting varied kneeling, crouching, and seated positions, with captions identifying the models.

Sideways Glance and Prone Pose

A photographic sequence contrasts a sideways glance with a prone pose, including outdoor and studio scenes of women bound with rope and cloth.

Bathed in the Morning Sun

A photographic scene shows a woman bound with rope while reclining outdoors in the morning sunlight.

Kimono

A photographic portrait presents a woman in kimono seated in a restrained pose, emphasizing traditional dress and rope bondage.

The Actress Bound on a Journey

Fujiki Senji

This illustrated erotic narrative follows an actress traveling through rural Japan, performing and recounting staged bondage encounters involving rope restraint, theatrical performance, and relationships with spectators and companions.

Returning Spring Flower

Shirogane Kōji

A serialized historical erotic narrative set amid wartime mobilization, following soldiers and women through coercive encounters, captivity, and sexualized restraint.

Evil Habit, Part Two

Enomoto Toshiko

A marital SM narrative in which a domineering wife subjects her husband to escalating humiliation, physical punishment, and coercive domestic discipline, illustrated through staged scenes.

How I Torture Him

Takarazuka Fumio

An illustrated erotic account presenting a man’s methods of binding, controlling, and observing women, with detailed scenes of rope restraint, imposed poses, and voyeuristic display.

On Women's Underwear

Minakami Ryūtarō

An essay on women’s underwear examines the author’s fascination with garments such as corsets, girdles, stockings, and brassieres, combining personal fetish experience with observations on changing fashion, social attitudes, and erotic spectatorship.

Fallen Love

Sawai Kazuo

A serialized erotic narrative follows Yukari through coercive encounters involving domination, humiliation, punishment, bondage, and escalating sexual control by male characters, including scenes centered on an enema device.

Nipple Types and Classification

Tsuchiya Naniwa

An illustrated pseudo-scientific feature classifies nipple shapes and types, drawing on purported research and newspaper coverage while presenting the female breast as an object of anatomical and erotic observation.

The Two-Section Enema

Hanamura Emiko

A clinical-style erotic episode follows a patient’s difficult visit to a hospital, where doctors and nurses administer a two-stage enema and discuss the procedure, bodily sensations, and its aftermath.

Complete Submission

Sakata Shinji

A first-person literary narrative recalls a young woman’s encounter with an intimidating, physically powerful father figure, combining fascination and submission with violent horse-cart episodes, corporal discipline, and intimate domestic caregiving during illness.

A Sadist's Miscellaneous Thoughts

Muraoka Sukehiro

This reflective essay examines sadistic taste through the aesthetics of female bondage, considering restraint, bodily posture, clothing, exposure, and the difference between compelling visual tension and mere cruelty, alongside accompanying erotic illustrations.

Expecting the Next Bondage Again

Numa Shōzō

Numa Shōzō responds to a woman critic’s condemnation of his masochistic writing, defending and debating its implications through arguments about gender, sexuality, psychology, and social theory. The piece functions as an extended polemic and…

Before the History of Female Labor

Nanahara Yōichirō

Nanahara Yōichirō presents a historical, partly autobiographical account of female textile workers, describing factory discipline, sexual exploitation, confinement, beatings, and other abuses suffered by young women in the prewar labor environment. Testimony and illustrative…

The Female Belly-Cutting of Kurima Zubon

Kaji Sanshū

Kaji Sanshū combines sensational case histories of female factory workers subjected to binding, beating, and other punishments with an illustrated erotic narrative centered on a woman in riding breeches who cuts her abdomen. The…

Women's Chastity Devices

Tanaka Aiko

A widow describes adopting a men's loincloth as a protective undergarment against sexual harassment, recounting how she wears and secures it and presenting practical details of its construction and use.

Juvenile Prison Experience: Gray

Mikine Kōji

A first-person account of life in a juvenile prison describes regimented labor, exercise, surveillance, escape attempts, interrogation, and harsh physical discipline among incarcerated boys.

The Method of Male Self-Abuse

Okamura Fumio

A personal and instructional account of male self-abuse describes erotic responses to loincloths and bodily exposure, along with rope bindings, inverted positioning, and other self-restraint techniques.

Collected Tales of Genital Mishaps

Editorial Department

An editorial miscellany presents several sensational anecdotes involving genital injury, sexual mishaps, and related bodily embarrassment, framed as collected manuscript material.

Thirty Years of Pursuing Abnormality

Yamada Masami

Yamada Masami’s memoir reviews thirty years of pursuing “abnormality,” recalling fetishistic interests, especially women’s noses and faces, alongside observations on beauty, erotic psychology, marriage, illustrations, and the development of specialist erotic publishing.

Ten Months in Captivity

Haruta Ichirō

Haruta Ichirō recounts ten months of postwar imprisonment, describing prison hierarchy, labor assignments, discipline, meals, sanitation, inspections, fellow prisoners, and the routines and indignities of institutional confinement.

Foot Worship

Takahara Masao

A personal essay celebrates women’s feet and describes the author’s attempts to observe, photograph, and collect images of attractive feet in everyday and staged settings. The article is richly illustrated with foot photographs and…

A New Corset

Yanagi Fusako

An illustrated feature presents a new tightly laced corset, describing its construction, steel stays, restrictive fit, and effects on the wearer’s body and movement. It treats the garment both as clothing and as an…

From the Notebook of a Certain Masochist

Numa Shōzō

This serialized masochist’s notebook presents a fictional domestic power relationship in which a submissive man is subjected to commands, humiliation, bodily discipline, servitude, and increasingly animalizing treatment by dominant women. The episodic narrative uses…