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It is always an interesting question to figure out how artists work. For Muku, it is not difficult to trace his primary influence. Muku's...

Dark glasses can only hide so much.  To see Miura Takumi from a distance can be a bit intimidating.  Watching him tie, doubly so....

When people think of kinbaku, one of the first things they picture is the rope.  The tradition of using natural fiber rope, asanawa, dates...

Part 1 of a 3 part series on Visiting Kinbiken.  I am grateful to Alice Liddell and Desi La for their help with translation...

During the "Golden Age" of SM publication in Japan, there were countless magazines and periodicals that catered to rope bondage enthusiasts and "maniacs" who...

Walking with the SM kinbaku author Sakurai Yuki san from Sakuragichō-eki through Nogecho and over the Ōoka river in Yokohama, I had little idea...

For the past five years, I have run websites that have provided Japanese rope bondage videos for streaming and for download. This month, I am...

Today, March 3rd, is the fifth anniversary of the passing of Yukimura Haruki, a man I was proud to call my teacher and my...

Nureki Chimuo was one of the top kinbakushi during the Showa period and remained one of the most sought after rope artists in Japan...

A second annual online survey of 20 questions was to establish a limited reliability snapshot of, e.g. demographies, material usage, terminology, methods of learning, attitudes to tying...

KINBAKU TODAY CHRISTMAS DEBATE This is the final part of the virtual discussion between Ugo san of SMpedia, Marc BeShibari and Sin. I’d like to...

The online survey was initiated by 天つ縄 AMATSUNAWA following a series of private conversations in which questions related to the growth of interest and...