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Japanese Bondage Photos by YASUSHI ARAKAWA (Kai-ichi Seda) “Coloring the Strange Feeling”

Published

April 19, 2023

Kai-ichi Seda

I guess since many of you reading this are right now doing so from your couch, it’s not really an NSFW situation. Maybe just make sure no one’s looking over your shoulder while you look at the photographic works of Yasushi Arakawa, the alter-ego of Japanese bondage enthusiast-turned-photographer and publisher, Kai-Ichi Seda. Seda started out as a contributor to the Japanese fetish magazine The Kitan Club (1947-1975), photographing under the name Sakae Nakamiya. In 1977, he started his own S&M magazine called Sun & Moon, and in the decades that followed launched eight more fetish-related publications. I don’t know which one featured this series, “Coloring The Strange Feeling,” but it’s giving me all kinds of ideas for what to do with an indefinite amount of time stuck inside. Hopefully, you find some inspiration, or at least enjoyment, too…

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Written By Meghan

Meghan MacRae grew up in Vancouver, Canada, but spent many years living in the remote woods. Living in the shadow of grizzly bears, cougars and the other predators of the wilderness taught her about the dark side of nature, and taught her to accept her place in nature's order as their prey. She is co-founder of CVLT Nation.