Google翻訳
The special issue of Fuzoku Kitan, published in May 1961, captured the heat of underground culture that was taking shape in Japan shortly after the war. With more photographs and more factual articles than regular issues, it stands out as a unique "raw record" of nightlife. While entertainment culture at the time was often considered outside of public discourse, this magazine ventured beyond that boundary, capturing subjects like theater, private salons, erotic culture, and sexual practices while maintaining an observer's distance without descending into promiscuity. The special issue, in particular, features photographs based on female models and articles that touch on rituals and structures of domination and submission surrounding the reading body, revealing fragments of a "hidden cultural history" stretching back to the early Showa period. While maintaining restraint in expression, the somewhat humid air of the Showa era nights rises from the pages, leaving a strong impression that is connected to the foundations of later research into subculture and SM culture, making it a valuable document today.
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