Kikkou vs Hishigata
When applying a karada there is often confusion about naming it. As we can read in the RopeMarks Ryu glossary, a bondage does not have a name, when a name [...]
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12 2004
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02 2000
Safety introduction
There is a lot that can be said about safety. The most important probably is; be safe, sane and consensual. Take all normal precautions as you would in any other [...]
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01 2000
History of Japan: Introduction
Introduction My decision to write an article about the history of shibari was an easy one, actually writing it was much, much, more difficult than it sounds. For one there [...]
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06 1998
Breast bondage
Something not directly related to Japanese bondage, breast bondage. However, big breast are a Japanese fetish, actually anything Western is "hot" in the East, just as anything Japanese is [...]
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01 1997
Kinbiken by Trevor Brown
Kinbiken are an independent bondage video company in Tokyo who've been in existence for several years notching up a catalogue of hundreds of videos. They see their work as a [...]
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05 1996
Punishment and the beauty of kinbaku by Masami Akita
The history of S&M in Japan S&M Art has taken many forms in Japan and this relates directly to the history of Japan. One established genre of S&M art in [...]
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11 1995
About Kinbiken and Right Brain by Masami Akita
In 1985, a bondage enthusiast circle was established under the name of Kinbiken (an abbrevation of Kinbakubi Kenkyu Kai). Its founder was a bondage master Chimuo Nureki (who also produced [...]
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11 1995
The Development of Modern Japanese Bondage by Masami Akita
It is said that American John Willie's bondage work first appeared in Japan during the Korean war; in the "abnormal" magazine Kitan Club. Indeed, the link between Japanese and American [...]
