The RopeMarks Ryū illustrated glossary is a brief dictionary of names and terms accompanied by photos that have come down to us from history, from hojojutsu terminology and from well known nawashi/kinbakushi that have become fairly standard.
E
H
K
- Kaikyaku kani shibari
- Kakejiku
- Kami shibari
- Kamoi & Shiki-i
- Kannuki
- Karada
- Kata ashi kaikyaku
- Kata-ashi sakasa zuri shibari
- Kata-ashi zuri shibari
- Kataashi age tsuri shibari
- Katate kubi shibari
- Kazami Ranki
- Kazari (nawa)
- Kikkou shibari
- Kinbaku
- Kinbaku-bi
- Kinbakushi
- Kirinawa
- Kokoro
- Koryū
- Koshinawa
- Kotobu/Koutoubu ryo-tekubi shibari
- Koutou ushiro te shibari
- Kubi zuri
- Kun bang
- Kurushiinawa
- Kuzushi nawa
M
N
R
S
T
U
Kinbakushi
Ryu
- Agura/agoura shibari
- Aomuke zuri
- Aranawa aka Waranawa
- Asanawa
- Bakushi
- Bari
- Bo shibari
- Chokuritsu fudou ippon shibari
- Daruma
- Do nawa
- Dorei
- Each limb bound to itself
- Each limb bound to itself zuri
- Ebi shibari
- Ebi zuri
- Ebizeme
- Enchou ude mae te hiji shibari
- Enchou ude mae te shibari
- Floating bamboo
- Furoshiki
- Futomomo
- Gote Kibimakura Shibari
- Gyaku-ebi shibari
- Haji
- Hashigata zuri
- Hashira shibari
- Hashira ushirodaki shibari
- Hasi
- Hayanawa
- Hazukashi
- Hen
- Hikuite
- Hikyaku zuri
- Hishi gote
- Hishi shibari
- Hojo hishi
- Hojojutsu / hobakujutsu / Torinawajutsu
- Hon kikkou
- Honnawa
- Houchi
- Imo mushi shibari
- Ishidaki / Sorobanzeme
- Iwato-nawa shibari
- Japanese bondage
- Jiai shibari
- Joshu
- Kaikyaku kani shibari
- Kakejiku
- Kami shibari
- Kamoi & Shiki-i
- Kannuki
- Karada
- Kata ashi kaikyaku
- Kata-ashi sakasa zuri shibari
- Kata-ashi zuri shibari
- Kataashi age tsuri shibari
- Katate kubi shibari
- Kazari (nawa)
- Kikkou shibari
- Kinbaku
- Kinbaku-bi
- Kinbakushi
- Kirinawa
- Koryū
- Koshinawa
- Kotobu/Koutoubu ryo-tekubi shibari
- Koutou ushiro te shibari
- Kubi zuri
- Kun bang
- Kurushiinawa
- Kuzushi nawa
- M-ji-kaikyaku shibari
- M-ji-kaikyaku zuri shibari
- M-jo
- M-o
- Mata zuri
- Matanawa shibari
- Mizuzeme
- Momo shibari
- Muda(nawa)
- Mune nawa
- Musubime
- Nawa
- Nawa ato
- Nawa etsu
- Nawa kai
- Nawa shibari
- Nawa yoi
- Nawa zuri
- Nawashi
- Newaza
- Ninoude shibari
- Nodome
- Oujou shibari
- Pantsu
- Ryo-ashi sakasa zuri
- Ryo-ashi zuri
- Ryo-tekubi shibari / Ryoute kubi shibari
- Ryou ashi gattai ichimonji shibari
- Ryou ashi gote kakae shibari
- S-jo
- Sabaki
- Sakasa zuri
- Sakuranbo
- Santen zuri
- Sarugutsuwa
- Semenawa
- Seori zuri
- Shibararetai
- Shibari
- Shibari Sensei
- Shibaritai
- Shibaru
- Shikominawa
- Shinju
- Shokunin
- Shuuchi nawa
- Sukebenawa
- Suruga-doi shibari
- Takatekote
- Takenotsue / Takezao shibari
- Tanuki (tsuri)
- Tawara shibari
- Tejou shibari
- Tengu shibari
- Tenugui
- Teppo/Teppou shibari
- Tomei nawa
- Tomoe
- Tsuginawa
- Tsuka maki
- Tsukue shibari
- Tsuri
- Tsuri nawa
- Tsuri Otosu
- Tsurizeme
- Ushiro tasuki shibari
- Ushirode shinchuu shibari
- Ushirode-gassho(u) shibari
- Ushirotakategote Isujyou-M-Ji Kaikyaku shibari
- Utsubuse zuri
- Warosoku / warousoku / wa-rousoko
- Yoko zuri
- Yotsunbai
- Yukata shibari
- Yurasu
- Zazen shibari
- Zenpou takate shibari
- Zuri
Credits
The initial version of this glossary has been around since 1999. It was then extended with the generous input from Master “K” and Osada Steve . Over the years it has been extended with knowledge gained from personal studies in the field of kinbaku.
Over the years the different versions of this glossary have been copied by many.
Disclaimer
The definitions in this glossary are not written in stone. There is unanimous agreement on most of these terms but a few represent general agreement by most authorities.
Most Japanese kanji have more than one way to read them, also the context where the kanji are used further determines the meaning.
Knowing the “correct” Japanese word for every shibari tie doesn’t make you a nawashi no more than owning an expensive camera makes you a great photographer. So, take the names in this glossary with a grain of salt and focus on the true beauty of kinbaku.