Yomikiri Romance

Yomikiri Romance. Special Bondage Edition.

Description

Yomikiri Romance was one of the earliest SM magazines in Japan, transitioning from a Kasutori Magazine between 1951-1952.

Publishing Dates

1949-1950s

Publishers and Editors

Publisher: Sunrise Shobo. Dec 1949

Publisher: Mutsumi^[1] Shobo. May 1951

Editor: Seishiro Ueda

Editor: Yoshio Mizushima

Other editors: See history section

History

1949: Yomikiri Romance is founded in partnership with Sunrise Shobo as a special edition of Ninjo Kodan.

1951: The editors embarked on a year long plan to add nude bondage photos to the magazine.^[2]

1952: Despite pushback from readers, demand for the special bondage "Nude Customs Album" issue from distributors caused Yomikiri Romance to change the issue from a limited special edition to a full special edition.^[2]

1953: Publishes "Seiu Ito's Nude Album - Pleasure and Pain Ecstasy Pictures" in January.

1953: Saburo Kasuga is Editor-in-Chief for the June issue. Mitsuo Kobayashi is the publisher.

1953: In the June issue, "Happy Youthful Pleasure" is published with bondage by Saburo Kasuga and photos by Miyoshi Ogawa^[3]. Yomikiri Romance's special edition titled "Tokyo Life #2" is advertised. "Cherished Photos" is advertised.

Interesting points

While Yomikiri Romance featured bondage throughout its publication run, it also never stopped publishing significant amounts of regular romantic stories, photos and articles.

Yomikiri Romance published its special bondage issue the same month that the word "kinbaku" first appeared in Kitan Club magazine. This was also one month after Ko Minomura published the first Utsukushiki Imashime photo book.