LATEST ARTICLES
Itoh Sieu’s “12 Months of Strange Punishments” February
二月 稲荷の太鼓」“February – The Inari Drums”
Before the Meiji Restoration, when people spoke of the Inari Festival on the first “Horse Day” of the second month,...
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” February
二月 稲荷の太鼓」“February – The Inari Drums”
Before the Meiji Restoration, when people spoke of the Inari Festival on the first “Horse Day” of the second month,...
Itoh Sieu’s “12 Months of Strange Punishments”
一月 凍る水責: “January: Freezing Water Torture”
The cold that chills the young skin, the inn of the demon
On the sixth day of the first month...
Tattoos as a Form of Body Art (Translation)
Masakazu Takano
Kitan Club, November 1952
As for clothing, it is not difficult to imagine that among primitive people living a naked existence where clothing had...
Eating the Spirit Banquet
Spirited Away and the Western Encounter with Japanese Rope
At the beginning of Spirited Away, a young girl, Chihiro, and her family wander into what...
Murata Namiko (村田那美子)
Murata Namiko (村田那美子) was one of the models who appeared in Kitan Club during the magazine’s Akebono Shobō era in the early 1950s. Unlike...
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...
