Latest Archive Additions
The newest magazine issues added to the Kinbaku Today research archive, listed by the date they became available here rather than by their original publication date.
June 1953: Masochism Special Issue
The June 1953 issue of Fūzoku Sōshi presents itself as a “Masochism Special Issue,” combining sensational fiction, illustrated erotic narratives, historical and quasi-scholarly essays, humor, advice columns, correspondence, and commentary on contemporary culture. The…
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April 1959: Special Feature on Obscene Cults
The April 1959 issue of Uramado is organized around a special feature on 淫祠邪教, imagined obscene, heretical, and sexually charged religious cults. Its contents combine illustrated crime and suspense, supernatural and historical fiction, pseudo-ethnographic…
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December 1960 Issue
The December 1960 issue of Kitan Club combines an unusually extensive opening sequence of bondage illustration and photography with historical fantasy, contemporary erotic fiction, essays, reader contributions, serial narratives, and editorial correspondence. Its editorial…
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Special Issue of Strange Tales of Revenge
The October 1958 issue of Uramado is an unusually large anthology organized around a special feature of supernatural revenge tales. Its editorial identity combines historical melodrama, contemporary crime fiction, grotesque fantasy, erotic suspense, illustrated…
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Kitan Club Spring April Special Issue
The April 1952 issue of Kitan Club is a broad postwar entertainment magazine built from urban reportage, sensational fiction, erotic illustration, social observation, confession, medical and sexual commentary, war recollection, and regional travel writing.…
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Kitan Club New Year Issue
The January 1952 New Year issue of Kitan Club is a densely illustrated popular magazine combining sensational fiction, investigative reporting, film-industry exposé, erotic anecdote, social satire, crime narratives, reader-oriented miscellany, and extensive advertisements and…
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Kitan Club, December 1956
The December 1956 issue of Kitan Club combines illustrated fiction, personal testimony, cultural criticism, behavioral case studies, medical and psychological discussion, translated or adapted material, and an extensive reader-oriented back section. Its editorial identity…
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Kitan Club, October 1956
The October 1956 issue of Kitan Club is a large, densely organized publication combining visual portfolios, film and art criticism, autobiographical testimony, medical and institutional narratives, psychological fiction, cultural commentary, reader communication, and editorial…
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Kitan Club, September 1956
The September 1956 issue of Kitan Club combines confessional writing, erotic fiction, cultural criticism, literary history, film commentary, collecting, reader testimony, and specialist publishing information. Its opening contents spread, decorated with mermaid illustrations, presents…
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Kitan Club, June 1956
The June 1956 issue of Kitan Club combines visual portfolios, literary criticism, serialized fiction, prison memoir, personal confession, fetish commentary, short fiction, reader submissions, and extensive editorial back matter. The opening pages establish the…
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Kitan Club, May 1956: Masterpiece Fiction Special Issue
The May 1956 issue of Kitan Club identifies itself as the fourth issue following the magazine’s revival and presents itself as a special issue devoted to notable fiction. Its editorial mixture is broader than…
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Kitan Club, April 1956 Issue
The April 1956 issue of Kitan Club is a large, densely varied publication combining staged bondage photography, illustrated historical fantasy, serialized fiction, personal confession, medical and sexological essays, prison memoir, film criticism, reader communications,…
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Kitan Club, October 1955 Issue
The October 1955 issue of Kitan Club is organized as a broad survey of bondage imagery, erotic fiction, confessional testimony, medical and sexological discussion, historical documentation, translated European material, reader correspondence, and publishing notices.…
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Kitan Club, May 1955 Special Expanded Issue
This May 1955 special expanded issue of Kitan Club is a dense hybrid of visual spectacle, confessional writing, historical research, serialized fiction, translated European material, sexological discussion, reader submissions, and participatory editorial departments. The…
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June 1958
The June 1958 issue of Uramado is a large special number devoted to female ninja and female-spy stories. It combines historical adventure, supernatural revenge tales, espionage thrillers, prison reportage, execution history, crime fiction, translated…
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December 1954
The December 1954 issue is an exceptionally large year-end number. Its 309 pages combine an opening portfolio of restraint illustration and photography with fiction, fetish memoir, medicalized confession, queer and gender-variant writing, literary criticism,…
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November 1954
The November 1954 special issue is built around an unusually large visual portfolio followed by essays, confessions, fiction, translated material, and fetish studies. Its opening pages function as a catalogue of bodily positioning and…
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October 1954
The October 1954 issue is one of the largest Kitan Club issues in this sequence. Its opening visual portfolio combines diagrams of improvised restraint, historical punishment illustration, staged female domination, beach and outdoor bondage…
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September 1954
The September 1954 issue of Kitan Club combines illustrated restraint, staged outdoor bondage photography, female domination, masochistic confession, sexual and literary criticism, body-part fetish studies, seppuku research, cross-dressing testimony, reader correspondence, and several major…
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August 1954
The August 1954 issue of Kitan Club combines staged bondage photography, female-on-female domination, historical punishment imagery, fetish studies, queer testimony, seppuku research, masochistic confession, literary fiction, social commentary on female sexuality, and an extensive…
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