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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...

This article was originally a webinar I delivered for Studio Kokoro (UK) in 2021. I have been thinking more and more about the subject and...

雪村流 Ryū. A noun used as a suffix to mean a fashion, a way, a style, manner, or an individual's school of thought. Sin: Meeting Haruki...

YUKIMURA HARUKI TRIBUTE 雪村春樹讃 from shinkousabre on Vimeo. The video was taken in May of 2011 as part of the behind the scenes footage of...

Literally, shibari means ‘to tie’ and refers to an ancient, aesthetic form of rope bondage that since the beginning of the twentieth century is...

An introduction to one of Japan's greatest SM artists.

AkiEbi reports on class with Yukimura Sensei

As with all things Japanese, translating the meaning of a word into a western language is fraught with difficulty. Take the word aoi as...

*Please note : I am introducing the commonly used Japanese words “shibari - te” : person who ties) and “uke-te” : a person who...

A graduate of Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Ōmi Kazuhiro san is a fine artist following in the footsteps of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Ito Seiu, Suma...

In working with Sunohara san, I have had an amazing opportunity to review 30 videos of Nureki Chimuo's kinbiken workshops from the 1980s and...

If you watch Japanese bondage videos, or have ever flipped through old Japanese SM magazines such as Kitan Club or Sun and Moon, you've...