Kitan Club
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 Front cover of the January 1969 issue | |
| Categories | Fetish magazine |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 1947 |
| Final issue | 1975 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Osaka |
| Language | Japanese |
Kitan Club (奇譚クラブ, lit. "Strange Story Club") was a Japanese post-war monthly pulp magazine that published from 1947 to 1975.[1] From 1952 onward, it published articles, drawings and photographs on sadomasochistic themes, including images of Japanese bondage. The magazine's depiction of bondage was a factor in the popularization of Japanese bondage during the 1950s.[2]
The artist Minomura Kou, also known as Kita Reiko, was one of the editors of the magazine responsible for the reframing of the magazine as a fetish publication.[3][4]
The fetish artist Namio Harukawa was a contributor to the magazine, which published some of his earliest work.[5] The magazine also published the art of the American artist John Willie.[6]
References
- ^ MacRae, Meghan (2023-02-17). "The Mid-century Bondage of Kitan Club Magazine". Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Healey, Hannah (2019-02-24). "Taboo: the work and legacy of Nobuyoshi Araki". Cherwell. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Kruijff, Marijn. "The Sublime Japanese Bondage Art of Kita Reiko". shungagallery.com. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Today, Kinbaku (2015-08-28). "Minomura Kou: Legendary Bakushi - Kinbaku Today". Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Kane, Ashleigh (2020-04-27). "Japanese femdom artist Namio Harukawa has passed away". Dazed. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Roos, Bob (1995-11-30). "The Development of Modern Japanese Bondage by Masami Akita". RopeMarks. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
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