Kitan Club – February 1958
€ 60
Published by Tenseisya, ~220 pages, 15x21cm
Condition: Good (cover with signs of wear and small creases. See photos.)
Includes 12 pages of B/W illustrations by Shima Takashi. Essays on SM and non-normative sexualities, with in-text illustrations throughout.
Kitan Club (奇譚クラブ) was a Japanese SM magazine published from 1947 to 1975, known for its focus on bondage (shibari), fetishism, and sadomasochism (SM).
Featuring a mix of stories, illustrations, and essays, the magazine often explored taboo or unconventional desires.
It helped popularize Seiu Ito, a pioneer of modern kinbaku.
This issue features incredible works by Shima Takashi