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Itoh Sieu’s “12 Months of Strange Punishments” April
春の汐干狩 Spring Clam Digging
“Spring clam-digging, gently, gently…”This is an old verse.
In the old calendar, around the time of the fourth-month blossoms, generally speaking, when...
INTERVIEWS
Kasumi Hourai Interview
Kasumi Hourai is unquestionably the world’s leading female kinbaku artist, with a unique style based on growing up immersed in an environment of cultural...
Rope & Sin – An Interview
Sin is a man of many talents. Author of Year of the Bakushi (2016) and The Psychology of BDSM & Rope Bondage (2019), he’s...
Kazami Ranki Interview
Nawashi Kazami Ranki is a professional Kinbakushi who has been actively pursuing his passion for 35 years. He is now one of, if not...
The Randa Mai (乱田舞) Interview
This interview was conducted by Osada Steve in 2000, and published in Secret Magazine in 2002. A German version of this interview appeared in Schlagzeilen in 2000. An online version...
Interview: Milla Reika – Kinbaku Diaries
What a year 2020 has been.
For those of us in the world community of Kinbaku practitioners and enthusiasts, the advent of the Covid-19 virus...
NEWS
Itoh Sieu’s “12 Months of Strange Punishments” April
春の汐干狩 Spring Clam Digging
“Spring clam-digging, gently, gently…”This is an old verse.
In the old calendar, around the time of the fourth-month blossoms, generally speaking, when...
Yamaguchi Tokiko’s “Self Bondage Classroom” Part Two Kitan Club (1973)
This video continues with the second half of Yamaguchi Tokiko’s “Self Bondage Classroom,” where the experiment has already moved beyond preparation and into ordeal....
Kinbaku, Memory, and the Trouble with Origin Stories
Working in the West, we face a number of problems when trying to understand the history and evolution of kinbaku and Japanese SM culture....
Bondage Model: An Essay on Fumiyo Kinukawa (Translation)
By Kiyoshi Kobayashi, translation by DarkAngelAscends
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the development of Kitan Club has gone hand in hand...
Yamaguchi Tokiko’s “Self Bondage Classroom” Part One Kitan Club (1973)
Yamaguchi Tokiko’s Self Bondage Classroom (Part One), published in 1973 through Kitan Club, sits at a fascinating intersection of instruction, performance, and cultural artifact....
REVIEWS
Review: Japanese Rope Kama Sutra 1 (Jonathan Ryan)
As Kinbaku/Shibari has become well-known & popularized worldwide, public awareness has resulted in an inevitable move towards an accessible and palatable version catering to...
Review: Japanese Rope Kama Sutra 1 (Yagami Ren)
Hi everyone! How are you spending your time recently?
As for me, I am happy and enjoying every day.
Marc has developed and published the...
Yukimura Haruki: Bakujyo (2010)
Yukimura Haruki's 2010 video series Bakujyo (Tied Lady) is a collection of five videos which features models tied in classic Yukimura style.
Available now both...
Review: Yukimura Haruki: Kamoi
TITLE: YUKIMURA HARUKI: KAMOI
MODEL(S): Ai Mizushima, Aya Aizumi, Azusa Nagasawa, Miyako Yamamoto, Nozomi Hara, Nozomi Hatzuki.
ARTIST: Yukimura Haruki Sensei.
CATEGORY: Erotic Kinbaku Aibunawa
RUNNING TIME: 1.59.18 (2h)
REVIEWED...
Book Review: Osada Steve “Aiko”
Author: Osada Steve
Reviewed By: Pat Horinawa
Available from Osada Steve, Price: $100.00 (Paperback)
Published in 2009, “Aiko” is a 160 page documentation of Shibari/Kinbaku and SM...
