Kise Sahara
Activities
The second wife of Seiu Ito. She had an appreciation of kinbaku and modeled for Seiu Ito's illustrations and photographs.
Alternate Name(s)
佐原キセ(Japanese), Kiseko Sahara
Biography
1893-1895: Kise was born[1].
1919: Kise is introduced to Seiu Ito as a model. They marry the same year[1][note 1].
1919: Kise models for Ito’s first attempt at snow torment photography. The photographer is Ariga.[1][note 2][note 3]
1920: Seiu Ito attempts his first suspension with Kise as the model.[2]
1921: In June, a pregnant Kise models for the photo known as “Photo of an Upside-down Suspension of a Wife in the Late Stage of Pregnancy."[3]
1922: In January, Kise models for Ito for a set of snow torment photographs.[4]
1923: February 10th. Kise modeled wearing a nagajuban at a hot springs inn called the “Yoshida Gardens” in Shimotokaido with the cameraman Raito Suzuiki[4]. Next, Kise modeled fully nude for snow torment photographs at a farm locale borrowed from Gajou Sakamoto, who was living at Seiu Ito’s place at that time.[5]
1924: Sunday Mainichi publishes an introduction on snow torment with Kise Sahara on June 1st which labels her a pervert.[1]
1925: Kise joins Shoujirou Sawada’s troupe for a tour of Hokaido. Kise and Ito divorce.[6]
1926: Hokumei Umehara publishes “Photo of an Upside-down Suspension of a Wife in the Late Stage of Pregnancy” in the December 25th issue of Hentai Shiryou [note 4].
Interesting point(s)
- At the time she and Ito married, Kise is said to have been an actress at the Kaiseiza where Ito painted signboards. She is also said to have been a day model earning eighty sen per day.
- Kise’s seventeen year-old younger sister was a clothes model and studied kiyomoto under Enjudayu while attending the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. She also modeled for Seiu Ito’s photographs. A photo of her suspended was widely circulated, and Ito claimed that Sengai Igawa’s suspension torment drawing was copied from it.[2]
Selected Works
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kawaguchi Hiroshi. Seiu Ito’s Photo Book: Seme-e Women. Shinchosha. 1996. Print
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ito Seiu. ”Various Suspension Torments.” Fuzoku Soshi. Jan. 1954: 113. Print.
- ↑ Ito Seiu. ”Various Suspension Torments.” Fuzoku Soushi. Jan. 1954: 113. Print.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ito Seiu. “Torment Research.” Die Bilder über die Strafe und Abnormer Geschlectstrieb. 1930. Print.
- ↑ Kawaguchi Hiroshi. Seiu Ito’s Photo Book: Seme-e Women. Shinchosha. 1996. Print
- ↑ Miyao Yoshio. “A Chronology of Seiu Ito.” The Unofficial Guide to the Customs of Edo and Tokyo. Kokushokankokai. 2001. Print
Notes
- ↑ She later has an affair and leaves him.
- ↑ A part of this work was later released by Shouzou Saitou.
- ↑ There is a notation in “Torment Research” in the 1930 “Die Bilder über die Strafe und Abnormer Geschlectstrieb (Pictures About Punishments and Deviant Sexual Desire)” that states that this began in January 1922.
- ↑ Kenzou Tomitsuka leaked the photo to friends at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923.
