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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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25 archive events + 1 curated milestone 1981
1981
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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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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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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 156–161

Reader Correspondence

A reader-correspondence section featuring letters from S&M enthusiasts across Japan. Contributors discuss bondage practice and photography, share personal experiences and requests for exchanges or advice, and participate in the magazine’s network of readers and…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 162–167

Yuga Salon

A mixed reader-and-community feature presenting personal notices, requests for S&M partners, bondage photographs and illustrations, and reports on specialized rooms and equipment. The section also includes reader commentary and promotional material oriented toward exchanging…

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Article / Feature Specialty S&M 168

Shūsei Saibun

Yamaguchi Akito

An editorial apologizes for production and editorial shortcomings in the previous issue, including improperly trimmed pages, and explains the launch of the special S&M issue as part of a broader rethinking of the magazine’s…

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