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.
Body-Painting Humiliation
A photographic feature depicts a woman subjected to body painting, rope bondage, exposure, and humiliation in a staged SM scenario.
View in archive →Training a Young Wife into an M-Woman
A photographic and narrative feature presents the staged training of a young wife as an M-oriented submissive through marital bondage, discipline, exposure, and ritualized restraint.
View in archive →Bondage by Request
A photographic feature depicting a male model, initially in sailor-style clothing and later undressed, subjected to elaborate rope restraint and posed submission.
View in archive →A Moment of Ecstasy
The first part of N.’s photographic sequence presents a bound subject in staged domestic and bedroom settings, emphasizing rope restraint, exposure, and eroticized vulnerability.
View in archive →A Moment of Ecstasy, Part Two
The continuation of N.’s sequence shows further intimate bondage tableaux in which the subject is restrained and posed across a bed and against patterned furnishings.
View in archive →Pregnant-Woman Bondage
A photographic and instructional feature presents a pregnant woman bound in varied rope configurations, including seated, reclining, standing, and restrained postures, with discussion of technique and bodily positioning.
View in archive →The Pleasure of Peeping, Part Two
This second installment explores voyeuristic pleasure through erotic anecdotes, commentary, and staged photographs of women subjected to blindfolding, gagging, rope bondage, and other intimate scenes.
View in archive →Captivated by a Mysterious Bondage Belt
An erotic narrative follows an older man’s recollection of pursuing and restraining a female student with a distinctive bondage belt, rope, blindfolds, and other restraints, accompanied by staged images of the episodes.
View in archive →Bamboo Torment Image
An illustrated practical feature presents bamboo-based bondage devices and configurations, explaining their construction and use for immobilization, positional restraint, suspension, sensory restriction, and corporal punishment.
View in archive →From SMP to SMG?
A mixed photographic and narrative feature describes the production of SM films and staged erotic scenes, including the recruitment and direction of performers, photography, secrecy, and the author’s encounter with a woman involved in…
View in archive →Autobiography of a Masochistic Woman: Female Slave Yoshiko
Yoshiko’s first-person account traces her development from an ordinary married life into a female-slave identity shaped by a dominant partner, bondage, discipline, sexual submission, and changing domestic relationships, accompanied by documentary-style photographs.
View in archive →Relay Camera Hunt: Continued Training of a Young Wife into an M-Woman
A staged erotic reportage follows the successive rope-binding sessions used to train a young wife into an “M-woman,” combining editorial narration, dialogue, and photographic demonstrations of varied restrained positions and sensory restriction.
View in archive →October 1977
The October 1977 issue is the most self-consciously historical and reflective of the three. Its opening photography still emphasizes restraint as spectacle, but the issue devotes substantial attention to the history of SM publishing,…
View in archive →The Image of Discipline
A photographic feature presents staged scenes of women undergoing elaborate rope restraint, blindfolding, suspension, and disciplined poses in domestic and studio-like settings.
View in archive →M-Woman T Living in the West
A visual feature centered on M-woman T presents her bound and blindfolded body in staged erotic scenes associated with submissive identity and restraint.
View in archive →The Three Bagworms: A Roundtable
A long-form roundtable brings together SM writers, editors, and participants to discuss personal experience, bondage practice, erotic photography, publishing, changing sexual culture, and the future of specialist magazines.
View in archive →Beloved Wife Bondage Diary
A husband records a domestic bondage diary describing the progressive tying, positioning, blindfolding, gagging, and photographing of his wife in consensual marital SM scenes.
View in archive →An Abnormal Sex Life
An extended erotic reportage follows a woman’s “abnormal” SM relationship, detailing staged sessions involving submission, restraint, punishment, specialized equipment, and photographic documentation.
View in archive →Collector of Humiliation: A Record of Solitary Pleasure
Moriyama Shūichi surveys the development of postwar Japanese SM magazines and image culture through memories of collecting publications, models, photographs, and bondage materials, linking archival preservation to changing tastes in humiliation and restraint.
View in archive →I Am the Bachelor King
Katsura Keiki presents a first-person erotic memoir about his relationships, domestic life, encounters with SM enthusiasts, and experiments involving bondage, discipline, and partner exchange, framed by reflections on SM magazines and changing sexual cultures.
View in archive →Altar: My First SM Swap Experience
A photographic feature documenting an introductory SM swap experience, showing a restrained participant and staged scenes of bondage, sensory restriction, and sexualized role exchange.
View in archive →Secret Mania Photograph Collection
A photographic collection depicting staged scenes of a nude woman subjected to rope bondage, blindfolding, gagging, and controlled positioning by a male partner.
View in archive →Love Slave
This photographic feature presents a woman as a “love slave” in a series of staged rope-bound scenes involving blindfolding, exposure, and submissive poses.
View in archive →M-Woman T Living in the West, Part Two
Part two of the M-Woman T series follows a Western-resident submissive woman through staged photographs of rope bondage, blindfolding, and varied restrained positions on beds and furniture.
View in archive →Shibuya Album, Part One
A photographic portfolio presenting a woman in varied rope-bound positions, primarily on a bed, as part of a Shibuya-themed kinbaku album.
View in archive →Special Training Sequence
Y.Y.’s staged photographic sequence depicts a woman undergoing a stylized bondage and discipline routine through successive rope-bound positions, including standing and floor-based restraints.
View in archive →Reader-Submitted Photographs
A reader-submitted photographic feature by Ichinose Sōshi showing a woman in several staged rope- and chain-bound poses, including restrained and gagged compositions.
View in archive →Scramble
A photographic feature presenting staged scenes of a blindfolded and harnessed woman subjected to varied bondage and restraint poses.
View in archive →Dazzling Menstrual Belt
A historical and cultural account of menstrual belts, tracing their development from earlier Japanese practices through modern commercial products and their adoption in erotic and fetish contexts.
View in archive →Continuing to Dream, Now…
A mixed photographic narrative follows Chieko’s progression from an encounter with the photographer through increasingly controlled posing, nudity, rope restraint, commands, and submission-oriented performance.
View in archive →The Beauty of Rope and Leather
An essay compares the aesthetic and cultural qualities of rope and leather in Japanese and Western SM, emphasizing natural materials, traditional kinbaku, and the symbolic meanings of restraint, accompanied by illustrative bondage photographs.
View in archive →Training Beautiful Things in Submission
A staged erotic reportage follows the coercive training of a female submissive through repeated sessions involving rope restraint, blindfolding, positional bondage, sensory control, and commanded movement, with detailed descriptions of techniques and interactions.
View in archive →Fortune Is Unpredictable
An interview-style erotic feature explores unpredictable encounters, the formation of M-submissive identities, and the dynamics of training, authority, and erotic negotiation between partners, illustrated with staged bondage and submission photographs.
View in archive →My SM Play Technique
An illustrated practical guide to rope bondage describes suspension setups, tying points, body positioning, equipment, weight distribution, and safety considerations for staged SM photography and play.
View in archive →Sun & Moon Correspondence: Reader Opinions, Fantasies, and Photo-Exchange Requests
A substantial correspondence and community section presents readers’ opinions, fantasies, personal experiences, photo-exchange requests, submissions, and notices concerning Sun & Moon and related SM publications.
View in archive →Transformed Arousal
A full-page erotic illustration depicts a coercive bondage fantasy in which bound and restrained women are confronted by an armed male figure.
View in archive →November 1977
Issue No. 5 of Sun & Moon presents Japanese SM culture as a world increasingly organized around ordinary couples, amateur photographers, reader correspondence, private collections, and self-described practitioners. Unlike magazines built primarily around professional…
View in archive →I Am Miko
A photographic feature presenting Miko in a series of staged rope-bondage scenes, including standing, seated, and floor-bound positions. The images emphasize elaborate restraint arrangements and the subject’s physical submission.
View in archive →The Woman Who Came from the North Like a Wild Goose
A photographic feature depicting a woman in striped clothing being bound and posed with rope in several seated, kneeling, and reclining scenes. The sequence presents stylized kinbaku restraint as a staged visual performance.
View in archive →A Challenge from a Married Couple Who Play
An erotic reportage and photographic portfolio documenting the Tamaki married couple’s shared SM life and a staged session of consensual bondage. The feature describes their relationship, negotiation of roles, rope restraint, sensory restriction, corporal…
View in archive →Miscellaneous Thoughts on Sadism
Sakuma Kazuyuki reflects on his long-standing interest in sadism, tracing its development from reading fetish magazines and private fantasies to experimentation with bondage, discipline, and other erotic practices. He distinguishes consensual, controlled sadistic play…
View in archive →The Woman Who Awakened My Sadistic Nature
A first-person account of how an encounter with Chizuko led the narrator to discover and develop his sadistic desires. The narrative describes escalating sexualized rope restraint, humiliation, coercion, and staged bondage scenes, accompanied by…
View in archive →The Woman Who Came from the North Like a Wild Goose
An erotic reportage piece recounting the unexpected correspondence and meeting with a female reader from northern Japan, leading to a documented bondage photography session. The article emphasizes the relationship between reader participation, editorial discovery,…
View in archive →Diary of Erotic Bondage
A photographic diary documenting an extended domestic bondage session involving a married couple, with staged scenes of rope restraint, blindfolding, gagging, positional control, and self-conscious performance for the camera. The accompanying narration presents the…
View in archive →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…
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