Kategoriarkiv: Kinbaku

Yasuji Watanabe and Atasushi Sakai: Phantôme Japonais

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Yasuji Watanabe and Atasushi Sakai: Phantôme Japonais

This beautifully hardbound book is a piece of art in itself. It contains images and texts earlier published in the Japanese magazine SM Sniper (1997–2003) under the headline ”Shashin hyakumonogatari”. The texts (in French) are somewhat lyrical short stories with powerful, sometimes mythological, themes, illustrated with the scenes in the images. The photos are originally in black and white, but have been coloured in afterwards.

ISBN 978-2-35348-052-4

Publisher: Le Lezard Noir, 2014

See also some earlier posts involving Yasuji Watanabe: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/?s=yasuji+watanabe&submit=Sök

Beautifully Bound (1953) – a presentation

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The book ”Beautifully bound” is one of the treasures of my collection of Japanese Kinbaku material. Some time ago, I initiated a project with this book at its focus, and in the process I commissioned the texts it contains to be translated. As the intended project has somehow stalled, I decided to at least share the images and the translated texts with the readers of this blog in the form of a short Powerpoint-presentation. The translation is a somewhat rough draft. I hope you still find it useful.

To download the presentation (30 MB), click here: Beautifully Bound PP

My previous post on this book is here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/beautifully-bound/

Naka Akira: 緊縛写真集 (Rope Artworks) (2014)

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Naka Akira: 緊縛写真集 (Rope Artworks) (2014)

This is a rich book. For a change, the photos of Naka’s rope work is not by Sugiura Norio (the only one except Nureki Chimuo that Naka calls ”sensei”), but by Erisa Sato. She has stated that she is interested in a ”relational” aspect of kinbaku – this is perhaps one of the reasons that the book contains quite a few images where not only the tied person is shown, but also the person tying. The bakushi emerges from the shadows… As friends of this blog might have noticed, whenever I have the chance I tend to choose such images wherever I can, but in the publications they are relatively rare.

In addition to the photos of sessions with a number of interesting models (including Gorgone and Iroha Shizuki), the book comes with a DVD. And to top that off, it also has an interview with Naka-san translated into quite readable English, with statements like the following: ”They say that a binding person is sadistic and a bound person is masochistic. When I bind someone however, I put myself into my partner’s position and care about their feeling. I have a feeling that I am not sadistic by nature. I think I am rather masochistic. In fact, I even think that is why I can do that way.”

Photo by Erisa Sato.

ISBN: 978-4-8130-7160-0

Publisher: Taiyo Tosho, 2014

PS For anyone who wants to read some other interviews with Naka San, there is a recent one in Spanish from his visit to Madrid here (including a short video):

http://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2014/11/15/54669d5bca4741ee698b457b.html

Also, there is a somewhat longer interview in Su Zume’s new book Pink Kinky: Japan’s Sex Underground (Kingyo, 2014, p. 109–119) – that also has smaller interviews with Kinoko (not quite up-to-date), Hiromi Saotome, and many others. Admittedly somewhat superficial, but gives a nice sneek peek into the night life of Tokyo.

Four books with works by Asaji Muroi

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Four books with works by Asaji Muroi

This post is slightly off topic, as only a few of the images in these books involve rope. Most often the focus is on a kind of ”dog-play” with a dynamic of dominance and submission. But the powerful images of Asaji Muroi (born 1946) have over the decades been featured in publications like Kitan Club and S&M Sniper, and Kinbiken even included a video devoted to dog-play in their film-series.

The very large format book ”Les Bien Aimees d’Asaji Muroi” has an introduction written by Agnes Giard (printed in French as well as in English), and is printed on very thick, good quality paper. It was printed by Timeless in a limited edition of 300 copies. Not printed by a Japanese publisher, it is also one of few exeptions to be included on this blog anyway.

The smaller, blueish book is called 僕のイメージ画集, published by the SM Museum in 1993, as is the A4-size book 首輪をつけたビーナス (Venus wears a collar), from 1994.

The smallest book, 哀犬倶楽部 / SM 露出プレイ, is beautifully packaged in a slipcase with the English title ”Life with Woman Dog”. It is edited by Hideaki Nakada, and the photographer and bakushi Yasuji Watanabe (already know to readers of this blog), and comes with a postcard and a small poster in black and white print. Numbered edition – this is number 278 of a limited edition 1000. It is also the only one of the books that actually has an ISBN: 4-8130-0503-9. Publisher: Taiyo Tosho, 2004.

 

S&M Sniper, february issue, 2007

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S&M Sniper, february issue, 2007

The magazine S&M Sniper (S&Mスナイパー) was published 1979–2009. It had a varied content, with a lot of advertisments. Among it’s features was Araki Nobuyoshi’s recurring photo-section ”Tokyo Kinbaku”. This particular issue made it to the blog because of its supplementary DVD, entitled ”Bondage Master Quintet”, featuring no less than Osada Steve, Miura Takumi, Kazami Ranki, Mira Kurumi (”MiracleEmi”) and Shima Shikou. The section with Miura Takumi shows a blend of shorter snippets from the (outstanding) 4-dvd series he did in close collaboration with Akechi Denki, as well as snippets from an earlier live-DVD. The section with Osada Steve has the English headine ”A foreigner is attractive – pure rope breaking!”, and shows some intense tying with the model Kazuki.

Nureki Chimuo: Venus Club (1994 and 1995)

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Nureki Chimuo: Venus Club (1994 and 1995)

Venus Club was a series of very small pocket-books with photos of relatively ”light” rope bondage published in the mid-1990s, often featuring rope by Chimuo Nureki. See for example the way a third rope is added around the waist in the two first images I have included here, going over one shoulder, around the back-friction and back over the other shoulder, finishing in a slightly asymmetrical way, adding an extra line to the right half of the lower wrap… Today, not surprisingly, something similar is often seen in Akira Naka’s ties.

Photo: Kenichi Tanaka

Publisher: 黒田出版興文社

The 1994 issue has ISBN 10-4876732213

The 1995 issue has ISBN 10-4876732337

Dirty Kudo: ”Ropemarks” (残縄画報) (1998)

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Dirty Kudo: ” 残縄画報” (Zan nawa gaho) (1998) and the DVD 『縄文式 / AYAKOの退院』(1998, on DVD 2001)

This photo-book with rope by Dirty Kudo, is focussed on rope-marks. Dirty Kudo has made innumerable videos as a bakushi, director and producer, but as far as I know, this is his only book.

Publisher: ワイズ出版

ISBN: 4-948735-84-1

As a principle, I don’t write about DVDs on the blog (only books and magazines), but in this case I would like to mention that as a kind of companion volume, Dirty Kudo also released a movie, ”Jomonshiki”, about the shooting of the book, together with a dramatic extra movie called ”Ayako’s release from the hospital”, feauturing a kind of ”medical play” using bandages for the bondage. Original movie in 1999, was released on DVD in 2006 (ASIN: B001D0609G). A follow-up movie, ”縄文式2” (Jomonshiki 2), featuring Saotome Hiromi, was made in 2001. This, however, I have not found released on DVD.

Yukimura Haruki: ”Kinbaku Sniper” (2014)

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Yukimura Haruki: ”Kinbaku Sniper” (2014)

Publisher: Taiyo Tosho, 2014 ISBN 978-488130-7123-5

In addition to photos from a number of intense sessions with different models, this book includes a DVD, as well as an interview with Yukimura, performed by one of the select few bakushi holding an instructor’s licence from Yukimura Ryu: Murasaki. You can have a peek at some of her work here: http://murasakiphoto.blog59.fc2.com And here on twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/murasakiphoto

Here is a list of instructors of Yukimura Ryu:

  1. Osada Steve (春嶺, Haru Mine) (2006)
  2. Yukinaga Max (2012)
  3. Nuit de Tokyo (春翔, Haru Kakeru)
  4. Master ”K” (春虎, Haru Tora) (2013)
  5. Zetsu (春豊, Haru Yutaka) (2013)
  6. Scott (春輝, Haru Teru) (2014)
  7. Hebari (春武, Haru Isamu) (2014)
  8. Harukumo Katsumi (春蜘, Haru Kumo) (2014)
  9. [”Unlucky number”, not in use]
  10. Murasaki (春晏, Haru Oso) (2014)
  11. Michael Ropeknight (2015)
  12. Princess Rose Eve (春宵, Haru Yoi) (2016)
  13. [not in use?]
  14. Ibarako (春繭, Haru Mayu) (2016)
  15. Davide La Greca (2016)

PS For your best chance of an updated list, go here: http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=雪村流