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'''Suma''' (須磨) family name, '''Toshiyuki''' (利之) first name, [[Chronology of Bakushi|(1920-1992)]]
 
'''Suma''' (須磨) family name, '''Toshiyuki''' (利之) first name, [[Chronology of Bakushi|(1920-1992)]]
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'''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.
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==Activities==
 
==Activities==
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Painter/illustrator, rope artist, writer and editor. Suma did editorial work for early SM magazines such as ''[[Kitan Club]]'', ''[[Uramado]]'', ''[[SM Collector]]'', ''[[Abu Hunter]]'' and ''[[SM Kitan]]''. He played an important role in the formation of post-war SM culture and left behind a large body of work as a writer, artist and ''kinbakushi''.
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Illustrator, Editor, Writer, Kinbakushi.
  
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==Alternate Name(s)==
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==Alternate Names==
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[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=須磨利之  須磨利之](Japanese), [[Reiko Kita]], [[Kou Minomura]], [[Kyoji Minota]], Eijiro Takenaka<ref group="note">Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.</ref>, etc..
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[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..
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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''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.''
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[[image:suma49.jpg|200px|thumb|Kitan Club. Sep 1949 issue.]]
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''Since it is believed that Suma's autobiographies include some invented anecdotes, the biographical data below could contain inaccuracies.''
  
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1920: Born in Kyoto to a family that ran a printing business out of their home<ref group="note">After his father's death, Suma's uncle, Kanbee Suma, became the head of the family.</ref><ref name="star">Minomura, Kou. "A Great Star Has Fallen." ''SM Collector'' Nov. 1980: 96-111. Print.</ref>.
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1920: 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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c. 1932: As a child, he encountered [[Seiu Ito]]'s torment art in the book ''Documentation on Abnormal Customs'', which he found in his grandfather's book collection<ref name="star"></ref><ref name="akita"> Akio, Fuji, Masami Akita, and Chimuo Nureki. ''History of Japanese Kinbaku Photography 1.'' Tokyo: Jiyukokuminsha, 1996. Print.</ref>.
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1932(c): As a child, he encounters [[Seiu Ito]]'s torment art in the book ''Documentation on Abnormal Customs'', which he found in his grandfather's book collection<ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"> Akio, Fuji, Masami Akita, and Chimuo Nureki. ''History of Japanese Kinbaku Photography 1.'' Tokyo: Jiyukokuminsha, 1996. Print.</ref>.
  
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1930s: Left the Kyoto School of Fine Arts at mid term and became the live-in apprentice to the Japanese painter Baisen Kobayashi<ref group="note">in a place called the Saganosho Babachou Tenryuji in the Ukyo ward of Kyoto. </ref><ref name="star"></ref><ref name="akita"></ref>.
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1930s: Leaves the Kyoto School of Fine Arts at mid term and became the live-in apprentice to the Japanese painter Baisen Kobayashi<ref>in a place called the Saganosho Babachou Tenryuji in the Ukyo ward of Kyoto. </ref><ref group="※" name="star"></ref><ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>.
  
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1939 (May): Volunteered for the Navy in Maizuru, Kyoto<ref name="paradise">Shimokawa, Koushi. ''The Paradise Trade - A History of the Essential Nature of Post War Accounts.'' Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 1998. Print.</ref>.
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1939: May. Volunteers for the Navy in Maizuru, Kyoto<ref group="※">Shimokawa, Koushi. ''The Paradise Trade - A History of the Essential Nature of Post War Accounts.'' Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 1998. Print.</ref>.
  
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1944 (March 18): Suma's ship, the ''Hokuriku Maru'', sank in the Bashi Channel<ref group="note">Suma's account could be nothing but a fictional story, but a merchant transport ship called the ''Hokuriku Maru'' actually existed. The ''Hokuriku Maru'' was commissioned by the Navy in 1941 and served in the sea battles of Guadalcanal, Midway and the attack on Menado in 1942. In 1944, the Hokuriku Maru left Singapore loaded with 6700 tons bauxite, 600 tons of oil, 256 soldiers and headed toward Moji. On March 18th at 1:14 a.m., while in the China Sea roughly 300km southeast of Hong Kong, an ammunition explosion in the second hold caused the first hold to explode, which ignited and detonated the oil tanks in the third hold, reaching the engine room. Everything was lost in five minutes. Eight soldiers, 25 guards and 55 sailors perished.</ref>.
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[[image:Kappa.jpg|200px|thumb|Kappa magazine. 1956.]]
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1944: Mar 18. Suma's ship, the ''Hokuriku Maru'', sinks in the Bashi Channel<ref>Suma's account could be nothing but a fictional story, but a merchant transport ship called the ''Hokuriku Maru'' actually existed. The ''Hokuriku Maru'' was commissioned by the Navy in 1941 and served in the sea battles of Guadalcanal, Midway and the attack on Menado in 1942. In 1944, the Hokuriku Maru left Singapore loaded with 6700 tons bauxite, 600 tons of oil, 256 soldiers and headed toward Moji. On March 18th at 1:14 a.m., while in the China Sea roughly 300km southeast of Hong Kong, an ammunition explosion in the second hold caused the first hold to explode, which ignited and detonated the oil tanks in the third hold, reaching the engine room. Everything was lost in five minutes. Eight soldiers, 25 guards and 55 sailors perished.</ref>.
  
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c. 1945: Suma was discharged from the Navy and wandered across Japan and was employed at various jobs before becoming an editorial reporter for the evening newspaper ''Central Kyoto News''.<ref name="akita"></ref>.
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1945(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>.
  
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1947 (summer): [[Kiyoshi Sugiyama]], who worked at the ''Central Kyoto News'', took Suma to the editorial office of ''[[Kitan Club]]'' (Akebono Shobo), which gave Suma a chance to begin drawing illustrations for ''[[Kitan Club]]''<ref group="note">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 group="note">[[Shizuo Yagi]], who used the alias [[Mineko Tsuzuki]], took over as editor of ''Glamorous New Collection''.</ref><ref name="akita"></ref>.
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1947: 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>.
  
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1950: The name "Reiko Kita" and "Toshiyuki Suma" began to appear on  ''[[Kitan Club]]''<ref name="SMpedia">[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=箕田京二 "Kyoji Minota" in SMpedia]</ref>.
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1950: 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>.
  
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1951 (December): Began full participation at ''[[Kitan Club]]''<ref name="SMpedia"></ref>.
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1951: Dec. Begins full participation at [[Kitan Club]]<ref name="SMpedia"></ref>.
  
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1952: ''[[Kitan Club]]'' changed from a size of A5 to B5 and promoted its "abnormal" content.
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1952: [[Kitan Club]] changes from a size of A5 to B5 and promoted its "abnormal" content.
  
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1953: Resigned from ''[[Kitan Club]]'' and published the private fanzine called ''Tanoshimi Soushi''<ref name="akita"></ref><ref group="note">''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]]''.
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1953: 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]].
  
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1954: Traveled to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954<ref name="kitahara">Kitahara Dohmu. ''Tokyo Fetish Club.'' Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print</ref><ref group="note">[[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 group="note">[[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 name="star"></ref><ref name="akita"></ref>.
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1954: 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>
  
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1955: With the cancellation of ''[[Fuzoku Soushi]]'', Suma began working for ''[[Amatoria]]'' magazine (published by [[Kubo Shoten]]), and he launched ''[[Kappa]]'' the predecessor of ''[[Uramado]]''.<ref name="akita"></ref><ref group="note">The magazine changed its name due to a complaint from Koubunsha, which published Kappa Books.</ref>.
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1955: 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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1956: Founded ''[[Uramado]]'' magazine, published through [[Kubo Shoten]]<ref name="eshi">Nureki, Chimuo. ''The Artists of Kitan Club.'' Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2004. Print.</ref>.
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1956: Founds [[Uramado]] magazine, published through [[Kubo Shoten]]<ref group="※" name="eshi">Nureki, Chimuo. ''The Artists of Kitan Club.'' Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2004. Print.</ref>.
  
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1959: Intesified his association with [[Oniroku Dan]] around this time[Citation needed].
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1959: Intesifies his association with [[Oniroku Dan]] around this time[Citation needed].
  
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1960: ''[[Uramado]]'' changed from edge binding to inner binding and championed the "abnormal magazine."
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1960: [[Uramado]] changes from edge binding to inner binding and championed the "abnormal magazine."
  
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1961: [[Hiroshi Urado]] participated in ''[[Uramado]]'s'' editing room.
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1961: [[Hiroshi Urado]] participates in [[Uramado]]'s editing room.
  
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1962: Passed the editorial baton to [[Chimuo Nureki]], who became ''[[Uramado]]'s'' new editor-in-chief. Worked on editing ''Light'' and the girls' magazine ''Lyric Literature''<ref name="akita"></ref>.
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1962: Passes the editorial baton to [[Chimuo Nureki]], who becomes [[Uramado]]'s new editor-in-chief. Works on editing ''Light'' and the girls' magazine ''Lyric Literature''<ref group="※" name="akita"></ref>.
  
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1970: Suma and [[Chimuo Nureki]] left Kubo Shoten and founded [[Abu Production]], where Suma was an executive head. They published ''[[Abument]]'' which terminated in Sep. 1970.
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[[image:MinomuraHanasawa1.jpg|200px|thumb|SM Collector magazine. Dec 1972 first issue.]]
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1970: 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.
  
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1970 (November): Involved in the foundation of ''[[SM Select]]''.
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1970: Involved in the foundation of [[SM Select]].
  
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1971 (October): Involved in the foundation of ''[[SM Collector]]''.
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1971: Involved in the foundation of [[SM Collector]].
  
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1970s: Suffered a cerebral aneurysm; received treatment at Spring Sanatorium in Shichi-zawa, Atsuki city, Kanawaga<ref name="eshi"></ref>.
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1970s: Suffers a cerebral aneurysm; received treatment at Spring Sanatorium in Shichi-zawa, Atsuki city, Kanawaga<ref group="※" name="eshi"></ref>.
  
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1989: 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.
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1989: [[Syoichi Yoshimura]] makes the documentary video "Jouen - The world of Ko Minomura". Director [[Haruki Yukimura]]. Appearances by [[Chimuo Nureki]], [[Oniroku Dan]], [[Tetsuro Sakuragi]], [[Go Arisue]], [[Yoji Muku]] and [[Syoichi Yoshimura]].
  
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1992: Died at the age of 72.
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1992: Passes away at the age of 72.
  
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==Interesting point(s)==
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==Interesting points==
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* Suma's nomme de plume of "Minomura Kou" was taken from the Malaysian expression, "A little rest."<ref name="eshi"></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>.
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* It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture<ref name="kitahara"></ref>.
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* There is a tape recording of war anecdotes<ref group="note">"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 name="kitahara"></ref>.
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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>
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* 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 name="chat">Nureki, Chimuo. ''Nureki Chimuo's Chat Theater #97.'' 2009. Web. 19 Oct 2009.</ref>
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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>
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'''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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'''Suma''' first came into contact with [[Seiu Ito]] when Ito wrote to him at [[Kitan Club]] and offered his guidance for SM illustrations.
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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==
 
==Selected Works==
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===Magazine Articles===
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<div style="font-size:125%";>'''Magazines'''</div>
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* A Great Star Has Fallen (''[[SM Collector]]'', Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to [[Seiu Ito]])
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* ''A Great Star Has Fallen'' (''[[SM Collector]]'', Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to [[Seiu Ito]])
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Spring Rope Series<ref group="note">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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* ''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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* My Rope's Personal History (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', June - Dec. 1981)
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* ''My Rope's Personal History'' (Monthly serial in ''[[SM Collector]]'', June - Dec. 1981)
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* 
Kou Minomura's Obscene Record
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* ''Ko Minomura's Obscene Record''
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* 
Pacific War SM Ballad
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* ''Pacific War SM Ballad''
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* 
Biographies of a Bound Prostitute (Reprint<ref group="note">The original is in Byakuya Shobo's ''Spark.''</ref>) (Monthly serial in ''[[S&M Sniper]]'', May 1993 - Jan. 1995)
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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)
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* 
Rope Companion Record (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
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* ''Rope Companion Record'' (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)
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===Photo Collections===
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<div style="font-size:125%";>'''Photo Collections'''</div>
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Kou Minomura <i>Beautifully Bound</i> July 1953. Photography by [[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]].
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* ''[[Utsukushiki Imashime]]'' (1953) Bondage: [[Ko Minomura]]. Photography: [[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]].
  
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 22 November 2023

Suma (須磨) family name, Toshiyuki (利之) first name, (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

Activities

Illustrator, Editor, Writer, Kinbakushi.

Alternate Names

須磨利之(Japanese), Reiko Kita, Ko Minomura, Kyoji Minota, Eijiro Takenaka[1], Kikuzo Ima[2], etc..

Biography

Kitan Club. Sep 1949 issue.

Since it is believed that Suma's autobiographies include some invented anecdotes, the biographical data below could contain inaccuracies.

1920: Born in Kyoto to a family that ran a printing business out of their home[3][※ 1].

1932(c): As a child, he encounters Seiu Ito's torment art in the book Documentation on Abnormal Customs, which he found in his grandfather's book collection[※ 1][※ 2].

1930s: Leaves the Kyoto School of Fine Arts at mid term and became the live-in apprentice to the Japanese painter Baisen Kobayashi[4][※ 1][※ 2].

1939: May. Volunteers for the Navy in Maizuru, Kyoto[※ 3].

Kappa magazine. 1956.

1944: Mar 18. Suma's ship, the Hokuriku Maru, sinks in the Bashi Channel[5].

1945(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.[※ 2].

1947: 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[6]. There were other irregularly published pulp magazines besides Kitan Club, and Suma drew illustrations for Jouen Shin-syu and others as well.[7][※ 2].

1950: The name "Reiko Kita" and "Toshiyuki Suma" begins to appear on Kitan Club[8].

1951: Dec. Begins full participation at Kitan Club[8].

1952: Kitan Club changes from a size of A5 to B5 and promoted its "abnormal" content.

1953: Resigns from Kitan Club and published the private fanzine called "Tanoshimi Soushi"[※ 2][9]. Reiko Kita's art appears in the December issue of Fuzoku Soushi.

1954: Travels to Tokyo in the autumn of 1954[※ 4][10]. He meets Seiu Ito in person for the first time.[11][※ 1][※ 2]

1955: With the cancellation of Fuzoku Soushi, Suma begins working for Amatoria magazine (published by Kubo Shoten), and he launched Kappa the predecessor of Uramado.[※ 2][12].

1956: Founds Uramado magazine, published through Kubo Shoten[※ 5].

1959: Intesifies his association with Oniroku Dan around this time[Citation needed].

1960: Uramado changes from edge binding to inner binding and championed the "abnormal magazine."

1961: Hiroshi Urado participates in Uramado's editing room.

1962: Passes the editorial baton to Chimuo Nureki, who becomes Uramado's new editor-in-chief. Works on editing Light and the girls' magazine Lyric Literature[※ 2].

SM Collector magazine. Dec 1972 first issue.

1970: 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.

1970: Involved in the foundation of SM Select.

1971: Involved in the foundation of SM Collector.

1970s: Suffers a cerebral aneurysm; received treatment at Spring Sanatorium in Shichi-zawa, Atsuki city, Kanawaga[※ 5].

1989: Syoichi Yoshimura makes the documentary video "Jouen - The world of Ko Minomura". Director Haruki Yukimura. Appearances by Chimuo Nureki, Oniroku Dan, Tetsuro Sakuragi, Go Arisue, Yoji Muku and Syoichi Yoshimura.

1992: Passes away at the age of 72.

Interesting points

Suma's nomme de plume of "Minomura Ko" was taken from the Malaysian expression, "A little rest."[※ 5].

It seems that Suma was commissioned by Edogawa Ranpo to paint a boy's picture.[※ 4]

There is a tape recording of war anecdotes[13] exchanged between Terayama Shuuji and Suma Toshiyuki.[※ 4]

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."[※ 6]

Suma first came into contact with Seiu Ito when Ito wrote to him at Kitan Club and offered his guidance for SM illustrations.

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

Magazines
  • A Great Star Has Fallen (SM Collector, Nov. 1980. Memorial dedication to Seiu Ito)
  • Spring Rope Series[14] (Monthly serial in SM Collector, Oct. 1978 - July 1979)
  • My Rope's Personal History (Monthly serial in SM Collector, June - Dec. 1981)
  • Ko Minomura's Obscene Record
  • Pacific War SM Ballad
  • Biographies of a Bound Prostitute (Reprint[※ 7]) (Monthly serial in S&M Sniper, May 1993 - Jan. 1995)
  • Rope Companion Record (Serialized in Kinbiken News, April-May 1990. March - June 1991)


Photo Collections


Notes

  1. ↑ Painted in the style of Eitaro Takenaka. Years later, Suma was visited by Eitaro Takenaka's son, the critic Tsutomu Takenaka.
  2. ↑ Spelled 今幾久藏 and 幾久造. Pronunciation not confirmed.
  3. ↑ After his father's death, Suma's uncle, Kanbee Suma, became the head of the family.
  4. ↑ in a place called the Saganosho Babachou Tenryuji in the Ukyo ward of Kyoto.
  5. ↑ Suma's account could be nothing but a fictional story, but a merchant transport ship called the Hokuriku Maru actually existed. The Hokuriku Maru was commissioned by the Navy in 1941 and served in the sea battles of Guadalcanal, Midway and the attack on Menado in 1942. In 1944, the Hokuriku Maru left Singapore loaded with 6700 tons bauxite, 600 tons of oil, 256 soldiers and headed toward Moji. On March 18th at 1:14 a.m., while in the China Sea roughly 300km southeast of Hong Kong, an ammunition explosion in the second hold caused the first hold to explode, which ignited and detonated the oil tanks in the third hold, reaching the engine room. Everything was lost in five minutes. Eight soldiers, 25 guards and 55 sailors perished.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Shizuo Yagi, who used the alias Mineko Tsuzuki, took over as editor of Glamorous New Collection.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Kyoji Minota" in SMpedia
  9. ↑ "Tanoshimi Soushi" which earned about twenty fans and printed some 20-50 copies. The magazine continued for eight issues.
  10. ↑ Seiu Ito and Torirou Miki are considered to have encouraged Suma to go to Tokyo.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ The magazine changed its name due to a complaint from Koubunsha, which published Kappa Books.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ The title varied with each issue, such as "Erotic Rope Abnormal Play," "Erotic Rope's Preferred Setting," etc..

References (※)

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ko Minomura. "A Great Star Has Fallen." SM Collector Nov. 1980: 96-111. Print.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Akio, Fuji, Masami Akita, and Chimuo Nureki. History of Japanese Kinbaku Photography 1. Tokyo: Jiyukokuminsha, 1996. Print.
  3. ↑ Shimokawa, Koushi. The Paradise Trade - A History of the Essential Nature of Post War Accounts. Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 1998. Print.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dohmu Kitahara. Tokyo Fetish Club. Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo, 1996. Print
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Nureki, Chimuo. The Artists of Kitan Club. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2004. Print.
  6. ↑ Nureki, Chimuo. Nureki Chimuo's Chat Theater #97. 2009. Web. 19 Oct 2009.
  7. ↑ The original is in Byakuya Shobo's Spark.

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