Kitan Club

Kitan Club

Front cover of the January 1969 issue
Categories	Fetish magazine
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

1. MacRae, Meghan (2023-02-17). "The Mid-century Bondage of Kitan Club Magazine". Retrieved 2024-12-20.
2. Healey, Hannah (2019-02-24). "Taboo: the work and legacy of Nobuyoshi Araki". Cherwell. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
3. Kruijff, Marijn. "The Sublime Japanese Bondage Art of Kita Reiko". shungagallery.com. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
4. Today, Kinbaku (2015-08-28). "Minomura Kou: Legendary Bakushi - Kinbaku Today". Retrieved 2024-12-20.
5. Kane, Ashleigh (2020-04-27). "Japanese femdom artist Namio Harukawa has passed away". Dazed. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
6. Roos, Bob (1995-11-30). "The Development of Modern Japanese Bondage by Masami Akita". RopeMarks. Retrieved 2024-12-20.