Toshiyuki Suma - Revision history

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 * ''Rope Companion Record'' (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
 * ''The Sound of Cicadas'' ([[Amatoria]], Aug 1955) Illustrations by Suma under the name [[Reiko Kita]].
 <div style="font-size:125%";>'''Photo Collections'''</div>
 * ''[[Utsukushiki Imashime]]'' (1953) Bondage: [[Ko Minomura]]. Photography: [[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]].

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 '''Suma''' (須磨) family name, '''Toshiyuki''' (利之) first name, [[Chronology of Bakushi|(1920-1992)]]
-'''Toshiyuki Suma''' played an important role in the formation of post-war SM culture. Suma did editorial work for early SM magazines such as [[Kitan Club]], [[Uramado]], [[SM Collector]], [[Abu Hunter]] and [[SM Kitan]]. He is also famous for his SM illustrations and left behind a large body of work as a writer and kinbakushi.
+'''Toshiyuki Suma''' played an important role in the formation of post-war SM culture. Suma acted as editor and writer for early SM magazines such as [[Kitan Club]], [[Uramado]], [[SM Collector]], [[Abu Hunter]] and [[SM Kitan]]. He was also famous for his SM illustrations drawn under a variety of pen names, the more famous being "[[Reiko Kita]]" and "Ko Minomura."
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 ==Activities==
 Illustrator, Editor, Writer, Kinbakushi.
 ==Alternate Names==
 [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Ko Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref>Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref>, Kikuzo Ima<ref>Spelled 今幾久藏 and 幾久造. Pronunciation not confirmed.</ref>, Masaya Inoshima (photography), etc..
 ==Biography==
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 (c): Suma is discharged from the Navy and wanders across Japan and was employed at various jobs before becoming an editorial reporter for the evening newspaper ''Central Kyoto News''.<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>.
-: Summer. [[Kiyoshi Sugiyama]], who worked at the ''Central Kyoto News'', takes Suma to the editorial office of [[Kitan Club]] (Akebono Shobo), which gave Suma a chance to begin drawing illustrations for [[Kitan Club]]<ref>There's a conflict in stories between whether [[Kitan Club]] was founded in 1946 or in October of 1947. A visit will be made this summer to try to confirm the latter.</ref>. There were other irregularly published pulp magazines besides [[Kitan Club]], and Suma drew illustrations for ''Jouen Shin-syu'' and others as well.<ref>[[Shizuo Yagi]], who used the alias [[Mineko Tsuzuki]], took over as editor of ''Glamorous New Collection''.</ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>.
+: Summer. [[Kiyoshi Sugiyama]], who worked at the ''Central Kyoto News'', takes Suma to the editorial office of [[Kitan Club]] (Akebono Shobo), which gave Suma a chance to begin drawing illustrations for [[Kitan Club]]<ref>There's a conflict in stories between whether [[Kitan Club]] was founded in 1946 or in October of 1947. A visit will be made this summer to try to confirm the latter.</ref>. Suma publishes in other pulp magazines as well, including ''Jouen Shin-syu''.<ref>[[Shizuo Yagi]], who used the alias [[Mineko Tsuzuki]], took over as editor of ''Glamorous New Collection''.</ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>.
-: The name "Reiko Kita" and "Toshiyuki Suma" begins to appear on  [[Kitan Club]]<ref name="SMpedia">[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=箕田京二 "Kyoji Minota" in SMpedia]</ref>.
+: The name "Reiko Kita" and "Toshiyuki Suma" begin to appear in  [[Kitan Club]]<ref name="SMpedia">[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=箕田京二 "Kyoji Minota" in SMpedia]</ref>.
 : Dec. Begins full participation at [[Kitan Club]]<ref name="SMpedia"></ref>.
-: [[Kitan Club]] changes from a size of A5 to B5 and promoted its "abnormal" content.
+: Resigns from [[Kitan Club]]. He publishes a private fanzine called "Tanoshimi Soushi"<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref><ref>"Tanoshimi Soushi" which earned about twenty fans and printed some 20-50 copies. The magazine continued for eight issues.</ref>.
-: Resigns from [[Kitan Club]] and published the private fanzine called "Tanoshimi Soushi"<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref><ref>"Tanoshimi Soushi" which earned about twenty fans and printed some 20-50 copies. The magazine continued for eight issues.</ref>. Reiko Kita's art appears in the December issue of [[Fuzoku Soushi]].
+: Suma's art appears in the December issue of [[Fuzoku Soushi]] under the name [[Reiko Kita]].
-: Travels to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954<ref group="※" name="kitahara">[[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref><ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Torirou Miki are considered to have encouraged Suma to go to Tokyo.</ref>. He meets [[Seiu Ito]] in person for the first time.<ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Reiko Kita had exchanged written correspondence for a number of years before this. At first, Itou believed that Reiko Kita was actually a female artist. Moreover, it's said that until the end of his life, Itou pretended that Suma was Reiko Kita's husband.</ref><ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>
+: Suma travels to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954<ref group="※" name="kitahara">[[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref><ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Torirou Miki are considered to have encouraged Suma to go to Tokyo.</ref>. He meets [[Seiu Ito]] in person for the first time.<ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Reiko Kita had exchanged written correspondence for a number of years before this. At first, Itou believed that Reiko Kita was actually a female artist. Moreover, it's said that until the end of his life, Itou pretended that Suma was Reiko Kita's husband.</ref><ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>
 : With the cancellation of [[Fuzoku Soushi]], Suma begins working for [[Amatoria]] magazine (published by [[Kubo Shoten]]), and he launched [[Kappa]] the predecessor of [[Uramado]].<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref><ref>The magazine changed its name due to a complaint from Koubunsha, which published Kappa Books.</ref>.
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 : Passes away at the age of 72.
 ==Interesting points==
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 In the February 1951 issue of [[Kitan Club]], '''Suma''' publishes illustrations under the names Reiko Kita, Toshiyuki Suma, Ko Minomura, Kyoji Minota, and Kikuzo all in the same issue.
 ==Selected Works==
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 * ''Biographies of a Bound Prostitute'' (Reprint<ref group="※">The original is in Byakuya Shobo's ''Spark.''</ref>) (Monthly serial in ''[[S&M Sniper]]'', May 1993 - Jan. 1995)
 * ''Rope Companion Record'' (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
+* ''The Sound of Cicadas'' ([[Amatoria]], Aug 1955) Illustrations by Suma under the name [[Reiko Kita]].
 <div style="font-size:125%";>'''Photo Collections'''</div>
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 ==Notes==
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 ==References (※)==
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 ==External Links==

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 ==Alternate Names==
-[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Ko Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref>Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref>, Kikuzo Ima<ref>Spelled 今幾久藏 and 幾久造. Pronunciation not confirmed.</ref>, etc..
+[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Ko Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref>Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref>, Kikuzo Ima<ref>Spelled 今幾久藏 and 幾久造. Pronunciation not confirmed.</ref>, Masaya Inoshima (photography), etc..
 ==Biography==
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 ==Selected Works==
 <div style="font-size:125%";>'''Magazines'''</div>
 * ''A Great Star Has Fallen'' (''[[SM Collector]]'', Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to [[Seiu Ito]])
 * ''Spring Rope Series''<ref>The title varied with each issue, such as "Erotic Rope Abnormal Play," "Erotic Rope's Preferred Setting," etc..</ref> (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', Oct. 1978 - July 1979)

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 ==Biography==
 [[image:suma49.jpg|200px|thumb|Kitan Club. Sep 1949 issue.]]
-''Since it is believed that Suma's autobiographies include some invented anecdotes, the biographical data below could contain inaccuracies. Therefore, the following biography may be corrected in the future.''
+''Since it is believed that Suma's autobiographies include some invented anecdotes, the biographical data below could contain inaccuracies.''
 : Born in Kyoto to a family that ran a printing business out of their home<ref>After his father's death, Suma's uncle, Kanbee Suma, became the head of the family.</ref><ref group="※" name="star"> Ko Minomura. "A Great Star Has Fallen." ''SM Collector'' Nov. 1980: 96-111. Print.</ref>.
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 ==Selected Works==
 <div style="font-size:125%";>'''Magazines'''</div>
-* A Great Star Has Fallen (''[[SM Collector]]'', Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to [[Seiu Ito]])
+* ''A Great Star Has Fallen'' (''[[SM Collector]]'', Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to [[Seiu Ito]])
-* Spring Rope Series<ref>The title varied with each issue, such as "Erotic Rope Abnormal Play," "Erotic Rope's Preferred Setting," etc..</ref> (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', Oct. 1978 - July 1979)
+* ''Spring Rope Series''<ref>The title varied with each issue, such as "Erotic Rope Abnormal Play," "Erotic Rope's Preferred Setting," etc..</ref> (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', Oct. 1978 - July 1979)
-* My Rope's Personal History (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', June - Dec. 1981)
+* ''My Rope's Personal History'' (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', June - Dec. 1981)
-* Ko Minomura's Obscene Record
+* ''Ko Minomura's Obscene Record''
-* Pacific War SM Ballad
+* ''Pacific War SM Ballad''
-* Biographies of a Bound Prostitute (Reprint<ref group="※">The original is in Byakuya Shobo's ''Spark.''</ref>) (Monthly serial in ''[[S&M Sniper]]'', May 1993 - Jan. 1995)
+* ''Biographies of a Bound Prostitute'' (Reprint<ref group="※">The original is in Byakuya Shobo's ''Spark.''</ref>) (Monthly serial in ''[[S&M Sniper]]'', May 1993 - Jan. 1995)
-* Rope Companion Record (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
+* ''Rope Companion Record'' (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
 <div style="font-size:125%";>'''Photo Collections'''</div>
-* [[Utsukushiki Imashime]] (1953) Bondage: [[Ko Minomura]]. Photography: [[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]].
+* ''[[Utsukushiki Imashime]]'' (1953) Bondage: [[Ko Minomura]]. Photography: [[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]].

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 : Resigns from [[Kitan Club]] and published the private fanzine called "Tanoshimi Soushi"<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref><ref>"Tanoshimi Soushi" which earned about twenty fans and printed some 20-50 copies. The magazine continued for eight issues.</ref>. Reiko Kita's art appears in the December issue of [[Fuzoku Soushi]].
-: Travels to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954<ref group="※" name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref><ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Torirou Miki are considered to have encouraged Suma to go to Tokyo.</ref>. He meets [[Seiu Ito]] in person for the first time.<ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Reiko Kita had exchanged written correspondence for a number of years before this. At first, Itou believed that Reiko Kita was actually a female artist. Moreover, it's said that until the end of his life, Itou pretended that Suma was Reiko Kita's husband.</ref><ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>
+: Travels to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954<ref group="※" name="kitahara">[[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref><ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Torirou Miki are considered to have encouraged Suma to go to Tokyo.</ref>. He meets [[Seiu Ito]] in person for the first time.<ref>[[Seiu Ito]] and Reiko Kita had exchanged written correspondence for a number of years before this. At first, Itou believed that Reiko Kita was actually a female artist. Moreover, it's said that until the end of his life, Itou pretended that Suma was Reiko Kita's husband.</ref><ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>
 : With the cancellation of [[Fuzoku Soushi]], Suma begins working for [[Amatoria]] magazine (published by [[Kubo Shoten]]), and he launched [[Kappa]] the predecessor of [[Uramado]].<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref><ref>The magazine changed its name due to a complaint from Koubunsha, which published Kappa Books.</ref>.
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 '''Suma''''s nomme de plume of "Minomura Ko" was taken from the Malaysian expression, "A little rest."<ref group="※" name="eshi"></ref>.
-It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture.<ref group="※" name="kitahara"> [[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
+It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture.<ref group="※" name="kitahara">[[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
-There is a tape recording of war anecdotes<ref>"At the time he was a prisoner of war, a bunch of enemy army nurses came along and performed "ejaculation derby" with the japanese military prisoners, and at the end strong-chinned 'Utamaro'." However, Suma's account needs verification.</ref> exchanged between Terayama Shuuji and Suma Toshiyuki.<ref group="※" group="※" name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
+There is a tape recording of war anecdotes<ref>"At the time he was a prisoner of war, a bunch of enemy army nurses came along and performed "ejaculation derby" with the japanese military prisoners, and at the end strong-chinned 'Utamaro'." However, Suma's account needs verification.</ref> exchanged between Terayama Shuuji and Suma Toshiyuki.<ref group="※" group="※" name="kitahara">[[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
 '''Toshiyuki Suma''' was a boxing fan. One day, '''Suma''' took [[Chimuo Nureki]] to a bar called Tako Beya (Tako Room, which means cramped quarter) and told him, "This is a bar run by Kappa Seisaku ([[Hachiro Tako]]), a former domestic boxing champion."<ref group="※">Nureki, Chimuo. ''Nureki Chimuo's Chat Theater #97.'' 2009. Web. 19 Oct 2009.</ref>

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 Illustrator, Editor, Writer, Kinbakushi.
-==Alternate Name(s)==
+==Alternate Names==
-[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Kou Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref>Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref> etc..
+[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Kou Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref>Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref>, Kikuzo Ima<ref>Spelled 今幾久藏 and 幾久造画. Pronunciation not confirmed.</ref>, etc..
 ==Biography==
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 : Suma and [[Chimuo Nureki]] leave Kubo Shoten and founded [[Abu Production]], where Suma was an executive head. They published [[Abment]] which terminated in Sep. 1970.
-: Nov. Involved in the foundation of [[SM Select]].
+: Involved in the foundation of [[SM Select]].
-: Oct. Involved in the foundation of [[SM Collector]].
+: Involved in the foundation of [[SM Collector]].
 s: Suffers a cerebral aneurysm; received treatment at Spring Sanatorium in Shichi-zawa, Atsuki city, Kanawaga<ref group="※" name="eshi"></ref>.
-: The documentary video "Jouen - The world of Minomura Kou" was made by [[Syoichi Yoshimura]]. Directed by [[Haruki Yukimura]]. [[Chimuo Nureki]], [[Oniroku Dan]], [[Tetsuro Sakuragi]], [[Go Arisue]], [[Yoji Muku]] and [[Syoichi Yoshimura]] appeared in the video.
+: [[Syoichi Yoshimura]] makes the documentary video "Jouen - The world of Kou Minomura". Director [[Haruki Yukimura]]. Appearances by [[Chimuo Nureki]], [[Oniroku Dan]], [[Tetsuro Sakuragi]], [[Go Arisue]], [[Yoji Muku]] and [[Syoichi Yoshimura]].
 : Passes away at the age of 72.
-==Interesting point(s)==
+==Interesting points==
-* '''Suma''''s nomme de plume of "Minomura Kou" was taken from the Malaysian expression, "A little rest."<ref group="※" name="eshi"></ref>.
+'''Suma''''s nomme de plume of "Minomura Kou" was taken from the Malaysian expression, "A little rest."<ref group="※" name="eshi"></ref>.
-* It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture.<ref group="※" name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
-* There is a tape recording of war anecdotes<ref>"At the time he was a prisoner of war, a bunch of enemy army nurses came along and performed "ejaculation derby" with the japanese military prisoners, and at the end strong-chinned 'Utamaro'." However, Suma's account needs verification.</ref> exchanged between Terayama Shuuji and Suma Toshiyuki.<ref group="※" group="※" name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
+It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture.<ref group="※" name="kitahara"> [[Dohmu Kitahara]]. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
-* '''Suma Toshiyuki''' was a boxing fan. One day, '''Suma''' took [[Chimuo Nureki]] to a bar called Tako Beya (Tako Room, which means cramped quarter) and told him, "This is a bar run by Kappa Seisaku ([[Hachiro Tako]]), a former domestic boxing champion."<ref group="※">Nureki, Chimuo. ''Nureki Chimuo's Chat Theater #97.'' 2009. Web. 19 Oct 2009.</ref>
-* '''Suma''' first came into contact with [[Seiu Ito]] when Ito wrote to him at [[Kitan Club]] and offered his guidance for SM illustrations.
+There is a tape recording of war anecdotes<ref>"At the time he was a prisoner of war, a bunch of enemy army nurses came along and performed "ejaculation derby" with the japanese military prisoners, and at the end strong-chinned 'Utamaro'." However, Suma's account needs verification.</ref> exchanged between Terayama Shuuji and Suma Toshiyuki.<ref group="※" group="※" name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref>
 ==Selected Works==