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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.

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5,573 archive events + 1 curated milestone
1977
November
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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1979
May
1980
December
Article / Feature Sun & Moon 2

Greetings

Hayashi Munehiro

The supplied page is a table of contents that identifies Hayashi Munehiro as the author of the issue’s “Greetings” item, but it does not reproduce the greeting text itself.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 5

Immersed in Pleasure

Roppongi Kaoru

The contents page lists “Immersed in Pleasure” as one of the issue’s photographic or literary features, but provides no substantive article text or imagery beyond its title and placement in the table of contents.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 18

Proxy Wife Misako

Seta Kaiichi

A feature about Misako, portrayed through the idea of a “proxy wife,” suggesting an intimate or erotic narrative focused on substituted marital roles and relationships.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 65

Mrs. S

Seta Kaiichi

A photographic feature centered on Mrs. S in a series of posed rope-bondage scenarios, showing full-body and close-up views of restraint and handling.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 72

Pet Miko

Seta Kaiichi

A photographic feature on Pet Miko depicting a bound model in staged floor-based restraint scenes, including hands-on rope manipulation and constrained postures.

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 78

Drawn to Utamaro

Seta Kaiichi

A photographic feature presenting elaborate rope-bound poses inspired by the erotic imagery associated with Utamaro. The staged indoor tableaux emphasize composition, restraint, sensual display, and the visual relationship between the bound body and surrounding…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 97

Color My Album: Practice, My Secret Notebook

Onuki Koji

A photographic practice album documenting a model’s progressive bondage scenes, including spread-eagle positions, rope suspension or securing, clothespin adornments, and controlled sensory play. The sequence has the feel of a private visual notebook recording…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 129

Pregnant Beauty: Pleasure in the Bondage Cage

Nakamiya Sakae

A photographic bondage feature presenting a pregnant woman posed in a domestic “cage” and restrained with rope while moving through crouched and kneeling positions. The images emphasize staged erotic submission, bodily vulnerability, and the…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 150

Bewitching Flower in the Bath: Watanabe Yoshimi

Seta Kaiichi

A photographic feature on Watanabe Yoshimi set in a bath and shower environment, depicting nude and partially restrained poses amid running water, bathing fixtures, and tactile close-ups. Its imagery combines water, physical exposure, and…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 168

The Underground Aesthete Surfaces

Shima Shiko

A photographic feature presenting an underground aesthetic through staged images of a masked woman posed in elaborate rope bondage and provocative domestic tableaux. The sequence emphasizes costume, restraint, body display, and carefully composed black-and-white…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon 176

Making the Yume Photo Record

Arakawa Yasushi

A photographic record showing a woman being positioned and photographed in varied rope-bondage configurations, with a male photographer or partner directing the session. The images document the process, poses, and visual presentation of the…

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Article / Feature Sun & Moon End matter

Editorial Postscript and Information

A Sun & Moon PR page advertises THE KIKI, a limited-edition publication from 日月舎, with sample cover imagery, a ¥1,700 mail-order price, and publisher/contact information. The page functions primarily as a promotional and ordering…

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September
Magazine Issue Specialty S&M

October 1980 Special Temporary Extra Issue No. 6

This October 1980 special temporary extra issue of Specialty S&M is an overwhelmingly photographic publication organized around staged bondage, restraint, corporal torment, humiliation, and eroticized endurance. The cover identifies it as Special Temporary Extra…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 6–13

Secret Diagrams of Sensual Pleasure and Shame

Yamaguchi Tsubaki

An illustration feature presenting a sequence of stylized erotic bondage scenes, including rope restraint, suspension, contorted poses, and partnered encounters. The images emphasize sensual pleasure, vulnerability, and the theatrical visual language of Japanese S&M.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 14–18

Reflections on Female Seppuku

Kurosaki Sensui

An illustrated essay examining female seppuku in Japanese history and literature, contrasting women’s methods, circumstances, and symbolic meanings with male samurai suicide. The accompanying staged photographs dramatize ritualized self-disembowelment and related acts of surrender,…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 21–24

Agony of Breast Crushing

A photographic sadomasochistic feature depicting a woman restrained while her breasts are compressed between wooden boards and subjected to escalating physical pressure. The images emphasize staged bondage, bodily distress, and endurance within an erotic…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 40–45

Agony of a Forced Bent Posture

A photographic feature showing a woman bound into forced bent and contorted postures, with restraints applied to her limbs and body and imagery emphasizing pain, helplessness, and submission.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 46–51

Invitation to a Trance-like Dream Realm

A photographic feature presenting a woman in staged, dreamlike scenes of bondage, blindfolding, and rope restraint. The sequence uses theatrical poses, unusual angles, and dark interiors to evoke a trance-like or surreal erotic realm.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 52–59

Outdoor Training

A photographic feature depicting outdoor and indoor BDSM training scenarios, with women restrained, bound, blindfolded, and posed in rustic or domestic settings. The sequence emphasizes rope bondage, physical control, and staged disciplinary tableaux.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 65

Bondage Passion Photo Gallery: Honeyed Banquet

A photographic bondage feature depicting a woman in staged rope restraints, blindfolds, gags, and restrictive positions, with several scenes involving assisting or observing partners. The sequence emphasizes elaborate physical restraint, erotic power exchange, and…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 86–93

Michiko's Thousand and One Nights of Loving Abuse

A photographic feature devoted to Michiko and her partner, presenting a sequence of staged sadomasochistic scenes involving bondage, restraint, masks, blindfolds, and controlled power exchange in domestic settings. The accompanying Japanese text frames the…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 94–100

Secret Record of a Young Wife's Training

A photographic feature depicting a young wife undergoing a staged BDSM training regimen involving blindfolding, restraint, forced postures, and controlled physical examination. The sequence emphasizes ritualized discipline, vulnerability, and the documentation of submission.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 101–102

Woman Tomi: Women's Sumo

A photographic feature on women’s sumo, showing female performers in loincloth-style attire adopting sumo stances and engaging in staged wrestling demonstrations. The imagery combines traditional sumo motifs with theatrical female athletic performance.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 103–106

Long-Cherished Wish for Tight Binding

A photographic feature documenting rope-bondage scenes involving a bound woman and partner, including floor and suspended restraint positions. Captions emphasize the woman’s physical responses and the use of rope as an erotic medium.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 107–138

Scenes of Tormenting Three Enslaved Women

A photographic feature depicting three women subjected to elaborate bondage, restraint, suspension, gagging, and staged sadomasochistic torment in indoor and outdoor settings. Captions frame the sequence as a group domination scenario involving multiple participants…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 139–144

Portraits of Beautiful Women in Loving Abuse

A photographic feature presenting staged portraits of women in erotic bondage and restrained poses, including rope ties, blindfolding, and suspension-oriented imagery. The series emphasizes stylized composition, vulnerability, and consensual-looking power-play scenarios rather than a…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 145–154

Crotch Torment

A photographic BDSM feature depicting a woman subjected to elaborate rope bondage, restraint, and crotch-focused teasing or torment. The staged sequence emphasizes immobilized poses, physical vulnerability, and the participation of unseen or partially visible…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 155–160

Elegy

A photographic feature centered on “Nozomi,” identified in the accompanying Japanese text as 17, depicted in a sequence of staged bondage and coercive sexual-assault scenarios. The images show rope restraint, gagging, forced positioning, and…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 161–167

Shame and Punishment Photo Feature

A photographic S&M feature depicting a woman posed in scenes of restraint, exposure, and ritualized punishment, including bindings, crawling postures, and outdoor settings. The sequence emphasizes visualized shame and submissive humiliation through stylized erotic…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 168–174

Sweet Play Tied to Trees

A photographic bondage feature depicting a woman restrained with cloth and rope against trees in the Aokigahara forest. The sequence emphasizes elaborate outdoor tying, immobilized poses, and the visual staging of consensual-looking BDSM play.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 175–212

Reader-Submitted Secret Photo Special

A reader-submitted photographic feature presenting staged S&M scenes involving adult models in elaborate bondage, gagging, restraint, and dominant/submissive poses. The images emphasize posed bodily display, rope and clothing restraints, and intimate domestic settings.

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1981
December
Magazine Issue Specialty S&M

January 1981

Specially S&M No. 15, the January 1981 New Year issue, combines staged erotic photography, autobiographical fetish testimony, marital SM narratives, serialized fiction, practical bondage instruction, reader correspondence, and community-oriented back matter. Its opening color…

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Historical Milestone Confirmed

Practical Rope-Bondage Techniques

Shirakawa Sō

The January 1981 issue of Specialty S&M includes “Practical Rope-Bondage Techniques, Part Two.” Its serial form and explicitly practical title show rope technique functioning as a mature specialist subject. Within the archive chronology, it…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 3

Humiliating Shaving

A photographic feature showing a nude adult model bound and subjected to humiliating body-hair shaving as a ritualized fetish scenario. The imagery focuses on exposure, restraint, and the degrading visual aspects of the shaving…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 3–10

Opening Color Pages

An opening color photographic feature depicting an adult female model in staged BDSM scenes involving rope bondage, restraints, blindfolding, gagging, and suspension-style positioning. The imagery emphasizes ritualized humiliation, physical vulnerability, and fetish performance.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 4–5

Fantasy Abuse

A photographic fantasy-abuse feature depicting nude adult models in staged scenes of rope bondage, restraint, and sexual humiliation. The sequence emphasizes theatrical poses, close physical control, and the visual presentation of captivity scenarios.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 6–7

Beautiful Face Play

A sequence of fetish photographs showing a woman in elaborate rope and leather restraints, including facial gagging and suspension-style poses, with close attention to expressions of sensation and submission.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 9

Pregnant Belly Exposure

A photographic feature depicting a pregnant woman’s exposed abdomen while she is posed in rope bondage, emphasizing the visual contrast between pregnancy and fetish restraint.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 10

Two Suspension-Torment Poses

A photographic feature presenting two staged suspension-torment poses of a bound adult female model, using rope restraints and immobilizing body positions as the central visual motif.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 12–15

Yōbaku Mōrō Ezu

Yamaguchi Tsubaki

An illustrated erotic feature presenting four scenes of Japanese women subjected to rope restraint, immobilization, and submissive posing. The artwork combines bondage imagery with traditional kimono, domestic interiors, bamboo, and other distinctly Japanese visual…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 16–27

My Half-Life of Diaper Obsession

Tsutsumi Misao

An autobiographical account of a man’s lifelong diaper fixation, tracing its development from adolescence through marriage and describing diaper wearing, wetting, infantilist role-play, and related clothing practices. The illustrated feature also discusses his wife’s…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 28–45

The Day I Punished Madame Keiko

Niwa Kenichirō

A first-person erotic S&M narrative recounts a session in which the narrator disciplines Madame Keiko through role-play, restraint, spanking, whipping, and other staged punishments. The piece combines scene description with reflections on feminine presentation,…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 46–50

Reiko in Training

Fujimoto Daisaku

A first-person account describes Reiko being introduced to increasingly demanding S&M training, including verbal commands, restraint, bondage, sensory control, and other disciplinary exercises. The accompanying photographs document staged training scenes and demonstrate the progression…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 58–65

Yuga Photo Gallery: Young Wife's Honey Flame

A photographic erotic feature presenting a young wife in staged domestic scenes involving nudity, restraint, and elaborate rope bondage. The sequence emphasizes posed bondage tableaux, including immobilization, exposure, and power-play imagery in household and…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 80–85

My Diaper Playmate

Tsutsumi Misao

A photographic feature depicting a sailor-uniformed young woman in diaper-themed role-play, posed in domestic settings and shown restrained in a series of staged, submissive scenes.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 86–91

Bound Female Prisoner

Shikoku Sadosei

A staged bondage photography feature portraying a female prisoner fantasy through extensive rope restraint, suspension, kneeling, and confined poses, with the subject shown in progressively more restrictive positions.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 90–104

Momoko, Part Three

Akima Tōko

This installment of a dark erotic serial follows escalating relationships shaped by coercive bondage, confinement, physical punishment, and psychological domination. Domestic encounters and revelations about past violence deepen the narrative’s atmosphere of obsession, revenge,…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 105–115

Practical Rope-Bondage Techniques, Part Two

Shirakawa Sō

The second installment of a practical illustrated guide to Japanese rope bondage demonstrates progressively more complex ties for standing, seated, kneeling, and prone positions. Step-by-step photographs and instructions explain rope routing, crossings, tightening, positioning,…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 116–123

Continued: To My Master: Letters from Miyoko

Takizawa Miyoko

A continuing correspondence from Miyoko to her master combines submissive love letters with staged photographs depicting bondage, discipline, sexual service, and obedience. The letters discuss sending photographs, arranging meetings and telephone calls, following instructions,…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 124–135

Traveler in the Forest of Bondage

Ōsawa Rie

An autobiographical account of a woman’s development within bondage and sadomasochistic sexuality, beginning with coercive childhood games with her brother and continuing through later relationships, partners, and self-exploration. The article combines narrative testimony with…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 136–138

Introducing My Wife-Slave, Tamiko

Takizawa Fumiyoshi

A photographic BDSM feature presents a husband’s account of introducing his wife, Tamiko, to an increasingly elaborate slave relationship. The narrative describes domestic discipline, restraint, humiliation, enemas, and staged scenes of sexual submission.

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 139–141

Awakening to Couples' Play

Tajima Yoshio

A first-person couples memoir recounts a married pair’s gradual awakening to sadomasochistic play and the escalation of their shared experiments. The illustrated narrative includes rope bondage, spanking, blindfolding, forced poses, and negotiated or resisted…

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