Kategoriarkiv: 1930ies

Hojojutsu-books from 1930 and from 2015

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Hojojutsu-books from 1930 and from 2015

Taneaki Hara (Ed.): ”Keizai Chishoshu”, two volumes (1930)

Two hardbound volumes in carton slipcases, with a golden upper cut. The first of these two volumes contains a reprint of the tractate ”Nawa no Gokui Den”, with 53 two-color sketches of hojo-ties from one particular Ryu. Both volumes deal with a variety of topics, including sexual crimes, punishment and torture in the Edo period.

I typically post only about Japanese books and magazines. However, I want to mention the newly published book ”Hojo Jutsu: L’Arte Guerriera della Corda” by Christian Russo (Torino: Edizioni Yoshin Ryu, 2015). It contains a full 40-page reproduction and translation of the illustrated manuscript ”Nawa Sho”, the ”book of rope” from Seigo Ryu. ISBN: 978-8-8906-0053-1

PS There is now also an English version released of Russos book (only as an e-book): ISBN: 978-8-8906-0055-5

Some earlier posts on Hojojutsu can be found here:

https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/?s=hojojutsu&submit=Sök

Itoh Seiu: ”Die Bilder über die Strafe und abnormer Geschlechtstrieb” (1930)

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Itoh Seiu: ”Die Bilder über die Strafe und abnormer Geschlechtstrieb” (Pictures of punishment and abnormal sexual drive)
Japanese title: 世界の刑罰・性犯・変態の研究
The book contains 296 numbered images, divided in different sections. Each section has a commentary text.
Original edition 1930, this is a reprint from 1977.

This thick, hardbound volume comes in a silver-printed slipcase. It contains what in my perception is a quite heterogeneous collection of images of punishment, torture and execution, from different epochs and geographical locations. Thus, about half of the material is European (for example the execution of Damiens, unforgettable for anyone who has read the first pages of Foucault’s ”Discipline and Punish”). Most relevant for this blog, the book contains many historical images of hojojutsu, and the last section has several images by Itoh Seiu – including some photographs of tying in a snowy landscape. The section ends with a commentary-text by Itoh Seiu on kinbaku and seme/cruelty in theatre and in crime.

Itoh Seiu: “Jigoku no Onna” and “Rongo Tsukai”

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The Yasuda Collection Vol. 5: “Jigoku no Onna” and “Rongo Tsukai”

This beautiful box, dedicated to the work of Itoh Seiu, is the fifth in a series of erotica, edited by Yasuda Ashiaki. It consists of a carton slipcase containing two folders with reproductions. One with ”Rongo Tsukai”, Itoh Seiu’s first seme-e collection from 1930 that was banned by the censors. And one with ”Jigoku no Onna” (Women in Hell).
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