Kategoriarkiv: Shigeru Kayama

Dan Oniroku (Ed.) 地獄花 (Flowers from hell) 1–4

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Dan Oniroku (Ed.) 地獄花 (Jigoku Hana) 1–4

Four thick bondage photo-compilations (”Flowers from hell”), edited by Dan Oniruko. I understand there is also a book 5. The first book has mostly images of bondage using metal chains and rubber straps, book 2–4 only rope.

If anyone knows who did the rope-work, I would be happy to hear from you.

Photo: Ogawa Genjiro (book 1 and 4), Kayama Shigeru (book 2), Totsuka Eisaku (book 3)

Publisher: Haga Shoten, 1970, (book 1), and 1971 (book 2, 3 and 4)

See some earlier posts on Dan Oniroku here:

https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/?s=oniroku&submit=Sök

From the Osada Steve donation.

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/

Minomura Kou: Beautifully Bound

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”美しき縛しめ / Beautifully Bound” (1953) Rope by Minomura Kou, photos by Tesuzo Tsukamoto. Editor Shigeru Kayama. Called ”the first artistic photo album of bondage published in Japan”. Printrun: 500 copies.

Zetsu has a post about this book, recommended reading:
https://fetlife.com/users/93955/posts/1213149

This book is ”number one” on Master K:s shortlist of ”The 10 Greatest Kinbaku Photography Books Ever Published”, check it out here:
http://www.thebeautyofkinbaku.com/kinbakuandartchap2.html

PS I have now added a full scan of all the images in the book, including a translation of all the text to English, and made a Powerpoint. You can access it here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/beautifully-bound-1953-a-presentation/