Kitan Club

A series of case sketches profiles eccentric and socially unconventional people, including women whose unusual habits, appearance, domestic arrangements, or obsessive interests set them apart from ordinary society. The text combines anecdotal observation with lightly sensational psychological and behavioral commentary.

A collection of sensational anecdotes records the amorous and erotic conduct of men and women, including encounters in bathhouses, lodging houses, theaters, and other urban settings. The piece emphasizes sexual curiosity, voyeurism, flirtation, and unconventional intimate behavior in a quasi-documentary case-history style.

A case-study portrait of a person with an abnormal sexual compulsion involving spying on women in private or lavatory settings. The account follows the reported incident, its discovery and investigation, and the subject’s voyeuristic behavior.

A case-study portrait of a man described as having masochistic sexual desires, including an attraction to humiliation, domination, and physical punishment. The narrative traces the development of these tendencies and their expression in relationships with women.

A case portrait of a man whose sadistic sexual desire is expressed through coercion, physical abuse, and humiliating treatment of women. The account frames these acts within the periodical’s broader discussion of abnormal sexual behavior and includes observations about the subject’s habits and personality.

A case portrait examining fetishistic desire through a man’s intense fixation on women’s clothing and bodily traces. The article describes how this fetish shapes his pursuit of garments and intimate objects, presenting the behavior as part of a broader study of sexual deviation.

A travel sketch of Singapore’s side streets, describing its tropical scenery, brightly colored buildings, waterfront settings, local streetscapes, and the atmosphere of its entertainment districts. The piece emphasizes the mixture of Southern warmth, exotic architecture, and cosmopolitan life encountered by the traveler.

A first-person account of a nude model’s work, recounting how she entered modeling, posed for artists, and experienced the practical and personal pressures of the profession. The article discusses studio routines, artistic representations of the body, compensation, and the vulnerability of models to sexualized or exploitative treatment.

A folkloric study of genital worship and sexual spirituality, focusing on phallic stones, fertility symbols, shrine practices, and erotic folk toys. The article compares regional customs and considers how these objects function as religious and reproductive talismans.

An anthropological survey of unusual sexual customs and beliefs attributed to primitive peoples, including initiation rites, genital modification, body decoration, sexual discipline, and fertility practices. The article also includes illustrative and anecdotal material depicting sexual behavior and “abnormal” customs through the period’s ethnographic and sensationalist lens.

A satirical illustrated account of a company president’s day, depicting his amorous pursuits and sexual encounters at different times and settings. The feature combines prose with sequential cartoon panels to present the businessman’s compulsive erotic behavior as comic eccentricity.

A reportage-style feature on a matchmaking and companion-brokering house that introduces men and women for romantic or sexual encounters. It describes the clients, intermediaries, appearance-based selection, and the commercial links between matchmaking, nightlife venues, and the sex trade.

A social-realist survey of women living in Osaka’s postwar night districts, describing street prostitution, cabaret and bar work, “pan-pan” women, and the economic hardship, loneliness, sexual exploitation, and family disruption associated with these lives. It combines general observations with individual case vignettes, including abandoned wives, young girls, and women drawn into the night world after wartime upheaval.

A case history of a young female teacher whose family circumstances deteriorate after her mother’s death and her brother’s remarriage. Isolated and seeking companionship, she enters Osaka’s nightlife and gradually falls from respectable teaching into dependence on men and the sex trade.

A case report about a fourteen-year-old girl who became pregnant by an unidentified customer, recounting her circumstances and the social and family consequences of the pregnancy. The article presents her as an example of the vulnerability of very young girls in the commercial-sex environment.

An observational report from a panpan lodging house, portraying the women who work there, their dealings with customers, and the precarious economic and emotional conditions surrounding their lives. It discusses relations with occupation-era soldiers and Japanese clients alongside the lodging house’s everyday routines.

Aoki Tomiji surveys unusual bathing customs and facilities in Japan and abroad, describing foreign baths, hot springs, public bathhouses, massage, bathing etiquette, and sexually charged or eccentric bathing practices. The article contrasts these customs with Japanese bathing culture and attitudes toward nudity and bodily exposure.

This postwar social-interest piece profiles a woman arrested during a crackdown in Ueno who had accumulated 100,000 yen through black-market and other precarious work. It presents her savings, circumstances, and lifestyle as an example of women’s economic survival and illicit commerce in the immediate postwar period.

A first-person confession by a young commercial-school student who, after family hardship and economic dependence, becomes involved with an older, affluent woman. He describes the material comfort, domestic intimacy, dependency, and social unease surrounding his life as her male kept companion.

A comic Edo-period erotic anecdote about a handsome male customer and his encounter in a pleasure-house setting, using witty dialogue and sexual humor to play on his attractiveness and reputation.

A bibliographic essay tracing the transmission, translation, publication, and circulation of the Chinese erotic classic commonly known as The Carnal Prayer Mat in Japan. It discusses the rarity and whereabouts of surviving copies, past editions and adaptations, and the difficulties of publishing such sexually explicit literature under censorship and changing commercial conditions.