Sugihara, Koji. (Editor). — THE KITAN CLUB. Published Monthly.

Akatsuki Shuppan, Osaka 1970. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. (21 x 15 cms). 176pp. Profusely illus. throughout with photos., including 8 pages in colour. Japanese text. Good in original yellow and gold limp card wrapps., very minor soiling and rubbing. ‘Kitan Club (‘Strange Story Club’) was a highly influential Japanese monthly post-war pulp magazine published from 1947 to 1975. Originally launched in Osaka as an adult "kasutori" entertainment magazine, it underwent a major rebirth in 1952, shifting entirely to sadomasochistic themes, fetish culture, and traditional Japanese bondage (kinbaku). Each issue was printed in a small book format (A5 softcover), containing a blend of short stories, readers' letters/confessions, dark erotic-grotesque fantasy fiction, and stylized black-and-white photography of bondage modeling.’