Roppongi Kaoru in SM緋の手帖 (”Pocket SM Scarlet”)
The SM Scarlet was a magazine edited by 楡賢一郎, published in a few issues around 1979. I have chosen images from number 2 and 4, showing Roppongi Kaoru’s ropework.
No 2, 4 and 5 ( around 1979)
Publisher: 浪漫社
Roppongi Kaoru: Strange Fruit (1983)
A long time ago already, I made a post about Roppongi Kaoru’s ”Strange Fruits” in the deleuxe edition – a beautiful book in every sense, included on Master K:s shortlist of ”The 10 Greatest Kinbaku Photography Books Ever Published”.
Recently, I got hold also of this ”edited” version, published one year later, in 1983. It is a slimmer volume, not as extravagant in its packaging, but still a very beautiful hardbound book in A4-format. I note also that this later version has the title ”Strange Fruit” without the surprising plural ”-s” that was on the 1982 edition. (”Strange Fruit” is of course the title of a song made famous by Billie Holiday – based on a poem by Lewis Allan from 1937, protesting against the lynching of African Americans.)
See my earlier posts about Roppongi Kaoru here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/category/roppongi-karou/
Rope: Roppongi Kaoru
Photo: Ishigaki Akira
ISBN: 4-88302-118-1
Kai-ichi Seda: ともこ 妖しさの彩り
Kai-ichi Seda, born 1933, was active under many pseudonyms (as was many other in SM-publishing of his generation), in this publication he is called ”Yasushi Arakawa”. You can read more about him here: http://www.nawapedia.com/index.php?title=Kai-ichi_Seda
Here, I will just mention that Kai-ichi Seda was working with the Kitan Club magazine in its last phase (1967–1975, as it was published by Akatsuki), and then went on to publish some other smaller magazines, including Sun & Moon where Roppongi Kaoru joined him for the first issues. It seems, Kai-ichi Seda made also several other collaborations with Roppongi Kaoru.
Publisher たざわ書房, 1982
Osada Eikichi: Kinbaku tutorials in SM Spirit Magazine 1993
In 1993, Osada Eikichi published photo-tutorials for seven ties in seven consecutive issues of the magazine SM Spirit [SMスピリッツ ] – number 4–10.
I made an earlier post about issue 6, 7 and 8 here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/osada-eikichi-kinbaku-tutorials-in-sm-spirit-magazine-1993/
Now, I have been able to find the missing issues: 4, 5, 9 and 10. The example posted here is from issue 5.
I take the opportunity to mention here also a very rare tutorial DVD by Osada Kazumi (長田一美) from 2004, entitled M女が語る 女性に好かれる縛り方, published by ”Osada Seminar”, that I was able to procure from her personally at a brief meeting during a recent visit in Tokyo.
Also, if you havent already, please listen to the Kinbakunomicon podcast with a reading of a roundtable conversation after Osada Eikichi’s passing, published in SM Sniper. Participants in the conversation: Osada Kazumi, Osada Steve, Saotome Hiromi and Miki Mori:
http://kinbakunomicon.libsyn.com/07-the-wind-beneath-my-rings
Here is a post with scans of the SM Sniper article, including some photos, on Osada Steve’s blog: http://www.tokyobound.com/blog/?p=520
Kanna tutorials in マニア倶楽部 (Mania Club) 2003–2004
Already 13 years ago, in a number of issues of the SM-magazine マニア倶楽部, from April 2003 to January 2004, Kanna published some rope-tutorials. During a visit in Tokyo recently, I was able to get hold of issues 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12 (2003) and 1 (2004).
I take the opportunity to also mention some DVDs in my collection, with Kannas rope-work (depicted in the last image above):
邪縛 星崎アン (2011) (Attackers label, director: Denijiro Sakurada) (JBD-151)
凱旋帰国M女 VS 7人の責め師 蛇鬼 (2014) (Attackers two DVD-box, 400 minutes, featuring also, among others, Kazami Ranki and Naka Akira, all with the model ”Marika”) (SSPD-110)
醒めながら見る夢 (2014) (”The unfading dream we have”, Dramatic movie, written and directed by Hitonari Tsuji and Jinsei Tsuji) (ASIN: B00M1AGVKK)
D坂の殺人事件 (2015) (”Murder on D Street”, Dramatic movie, directed by Shoji Kubota, based on a short story by Edogawa Rampo) (ASIN: B00U2GZB88)
縄話 JYOWA (2015) (directed by Pedro Diniz Reiz and Daniel Costa Neves, also featuring Naka Akira, Yukimura Haruki, Urado Hiroshi and Kinoko Hajime, with their rope-partners) (JYO-001)
食い込み割れ目 真性のM女AMI×神凪 (2016) (TAD-005) More of a regular porn-movie, but with Kanna stepping in to do the ropework.
Naka Akira and Sugiura Norio
This series of glossy-print Photo-books in A4-format feature Sugiura Norio’s masterful photography of Kinbaku scenes. Rope-work is generally by Naka Akira. Each book comes with a full length DVD from the photo-shoots, sometimes documenting both the process of tying and the process of photography and posing.
悦虐の華 (2013 Jan)
ISBN 978-4-7769-0926-2
艶縄の餐宴 (2013 Nov)
ISBN 978-4-7769-1080-0
衣摺れの縄音 (2014 March)
ISBN 978-4-7769-1124-1
濃艶な縄人形 (2014 Aug)
ISBN 978-4-7769-1199-9
恥辱の館 (2015 Jan)
ISBN 978-4-7769-1271-2
Publisher: Sanwa
See an earlier post here about a publication in the same series:
https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/osada-steve-and-naka-akira-縄の檻-nawa-no-ori-the-rope-cage/
Nao Nagasawa, Hajime Kinoko and Norio Sugiura: 極私的緊縛野史 nao
Gokushiteki Kinbaku yashi nao
This beautiful publication is a collaboration between master photographer Sugiura Norio (born 1942), the outstanding model Nao Nagasawa (born 1967), and multitalented nawashi Kinoko Hajime (born 1977).
In addition to the B5-size booklet with high quality photos, it contains a full DVD where you can see the interaction of the whole team (including Hourai Kasumi). The first 50 copies comes with an additional ”behind the scenes” DVD with comments.
See also an earlier post here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/hourai-kasumi-naka-akira-sugiura-norio-極私的緊縛野史-蓬莱かすみ/
S&M Sniper Spring 2016: Naka, Yukimura, Kinoko, Kai and Marai tying Kawakami Yuu
The magazine S&Mスナイパー has been around, in different forms, since 1979. It ceased publication in 2009, returning for a while as ”Web Sniper”, a site still worth visiting (it also has a search-funtion): http://sniper.jp
This spring, the magazine was resurrected in printed form, with the nawashi Marai Masato as its editor. The first issue is focussed on the famous model Kawakami Yuu, mainly containing images from a recent series of DVDs (also released by SM-Sniper). It is really a high quality collection, showing the same person being tied in the different styles of Naka Akira, Yukimura Haruki, Kinoko Hajime, Kai and Marai Masato. The issue comes with an accompanying DVD, with shorter clips from this series.
So, while the issue might be viewed as mainly a ”re-packaging” of material already released it would be equally true to say that it is an antology of the most interesting kinbaku-material handled by the publisher SM Sniper.
The DVD ends with a comprehensive list of movies with Kawakami Yuu that is so long, it leaves me in shock – literally hundreds of titles.
Again, I try to keep printed material as the focus of the blog, but at times I sneak some information in about DVDs in my collection, as they are related to the book or magazine in question.
Naka Akira x Yuu Kawakami: Kinbaku 1: 川上ゆう×奈加あきら～緊縛～1 (TNH-03)
Yukimura Haruki x Yuu Kawakami: Kinbaku 2: 川上ゆうｘ雪村春樹 ～緊縛～2 (TNH-04)
Kinoko Hajime x Yuu Kawakami: Kinbaku 3: 川上ゆう×一鬼のこ～緊縛～3 (TNH-05)
Kai x Yuu Kawakami: Kinbaku 4: 川上ゆう×魁～緊縛～4 (TNH-06)
Marai Masato x Yuu Kawakami: Kinbaku 7: 川上ゆう×麻来雅人～ 緊縛～7 (TNH-10)
(The DVDs number 5 and 6 features Naka tying two other models, so I don’t include them in this post focussed on the Yuu Kawakami-issue of S&M Sniper. )
Kenji Matsui: Suspensions (オール吊りの本, Oro tsuri no hon)
According to SMpedia, Kenji Matsui (1940–2013) was an ”amateur” nawashi, who’s work was sometimes published anonymously. He had some relations with, among others, Akechi Denki. Kenji in turn was an important influence for Kamui Jubei and the ”Mumonbaku”-style.
Kenji Matsui: http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=松井健二
Jubei Kamui: http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=神威十兵衛
Mumonbaku-videos on TouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mumonbaku
Editor: Tetsuro Nakajima
Publisher: Sanwa, 1999
ISBN: 4-88356-710-9
PS Sin recently published an interview with Jubei Kamui, also addressing the ”mystery” of Kenji Matsuji”. It can be read here: http://www.kinbakutoday.com/kamui-jyubei-san-mystery-matsui-kenji/
Oki Shoji: That’s Wonderful Eros Japan!
Exotica Eros Baraccuda
Publisher: マガジン・ファイブ (Magazine Five), 2004
ISBN: 4-434-05275-6
Here is a hardbound book with drawings by Oki Shoji (born in 1922, currently 94 years of age).
Some in black-and-white, some in colours, this is a fine collection of sometimes crude pictures.
Kinbaku Books 