Kitan Club

{{Short description|Japanese post-war SM magazine}} {{Expand Japanese|奇譚クラブ|topic=culture}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Kitan Club | image_file = Kitan Club magazine cover, January 1969.png | image_size = | image_caption = Front cover of the January 1969 issue | logo = Logo of Kitan Club magazine.jpg | editor = | editor_title = | frequency = Monthly | category = Fetish magazine | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | company = | language = Japanese | website = | publisher = | firstdate = 1947 | lastdate = 1975 | country = Japan | based = Osaka }} {{nihongo|'''''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacRae |first=Meghan |date=2023-02-17 |title=The Mid-century Bondage of Kitan Club Magazine |url=https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-the-mid-century-bondage-of-kitan-club-magazine/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Healey |first=Hannah |date=2019-02-24 |title=Taboo: the work and legacy of Nobuyoshi Araki |url=https://cherwell.org/2019/02/24/taboo-the-work-and-legacy-of-nobuyoshi-araki/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kruijff |first=Marijn |title=The Sublime Japanese Bondage Art of Kita Reiko |url=https://shungagallery.com/kita-reiko/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=shungagallery.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-08-28 |title=Minomura Kou: Legendary Bakushi - Kinbaku Today |url=https://www.kinbakutoday.com/minomura-kou-legendary-bakushi/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The fetish artist Namio Harukawa was a contributor to the magazine, which published some of his earliest work.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ashleigh |last= Kane |date=2020-04-27 |title=Japanese femdom artist Namio Harukawa has passed away |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/49013/1/japanese-femdom-artist-namio-harukawa-has-passed-away |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> The magazine also published the art of the American artist John Willie.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roos |first=Bob |date=1995-11-30 |title=The Development of Modern Japanese Bondage by Masami Akita |url=https://www.ropemarks.com/the-development-of-modern-japanese-bondage-by-masami-akita/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=RopeMarks |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Bondage magazines Category:Defunct magazines published in Japan Category:1947 establishments in Japan Category:1975 disestablishments in Japan Category:Monthly magazines published in Japan