Tag: Kinbaku

Perfect Red by Hajime Kinoko

Hajime Kinoko had his solo exhibition, Perfect Red, at the Gallery Le Deco in Shibuya from December 17th to 23rd, 2018. In it, he showed dozens of past masterpieces as well as his new un realeased work. Currently, Kinoko is Japan’s foremost contemporary practitioner of shibari. He is famous for his interpretation of shibari in…
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Hajime Kinoko

Hajime Kinoko is a contemporary artist, shibari master, rope artist, and photographer who was born in the Aichi Prefecture, in Japan, in 1977. People know him worldwide for his different shibari expressions. In them, he uses various types of rope, such as the traditional piece-dye in the Japanese Style Kinbaku, red rope in Art Rope,…
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The Art in Japanese Rope Bondage

The art in Japanese rope bondage has developed over the centuries. We refer to it as shibari, which means “decoratively tie,” or kinbaku, which translates to “tight binding.” Experts, on several occasions, have described shibari as a shared meditative practice whose main focus is to achieve a deep and profound relaxation of body and mind.…
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Black Heart’s Kinbaku Workshop

Black Heart’s Kinkabu workshop is a two level course for learning the discipline of shibari. If you have an interest in this practice, you should definitely have knowledge beforahand. Previous to delving into a description of the courses, let us make a review of what shibari or kinbaku does and its cultural significance in its…
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Shibari Helps Relieve Stress

Shibari helps relieve stress. Thinking about BDSM and the intensity and pain associated to it, it is no one’s first thought that there is something relaxing about whips and handcuffs. But there definitely is. Everyone experiences stress and anxiety throughout life. Whether in good times or bad times, most people say that stress interferes at…
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Dominant and Submissive

When you think about shibari, “dominant” and “submissive” are two of the words that might come to your mind. And it is true: shibari is about domination and submission energy. In that domination, the person tied consents to submit to the experience. In brief, the meaning of dominance and submission is a set of behaviors…
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Omi Kazuhiro

Omi Kazuhiro is a graduate from the Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan. He is a great artist who follows the idea and passion of great rope bondage senseis. Some of these are Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Seiu Ito, Suma Toshiyuki, Muku Yoji, and Osuma Kaname. Omi Kazuhiro: a Bit of Context Omi is a commercial illustrator…
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Not All on The Rigger

Rope bondage is not all on the rigger. People usually think that riggers do all the work in shibari, but the rope bottoms play an equally important role. Rope bondage is an experience two people share. Consequently, what the rope top wants from the interaction is only half of the equation. Since rope bondage can…
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Feeling Nervous About Tying?

Feeling nervous about tying can happen to the best of us. It is a thing and it is normal—and there is a simple and easy way to make it go away. Let us explore some of the reasons why you are feeling nervous about tying. For example, this may happen to you because it is…
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Shibari Myths

As it happens with every practice that is fundamentally about dissidence, there are a lot of shibari myths. That is, information that is either totally false or incomplete about this discipline and its workings. Shibari’s Initial Truths Shibari, kinbaku and rope bondage are the different names of an erotic art from Japan. It has gained…
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