Beginning in thirteenth-century Japan, rope tying hojojutsu was used as means of restraining, transporting, and punishing criminals. Whereas hojojutsu was a form of torture, kinbaku and shibari are about consensual art-making and experimentation; working together, the rigger and model engage in a simulation of extreme power dynamics to produce images and bodily experiences brimming with vulnerability, euphoria, tension, and sensuality. Featured here are 10 amazing photographs composed by multidisciplinary artists around the world who use shibari in expressive ways. Their images are dark, cinematic, and sensually surreal. They included shibari in some of the images, which was performed by EvilTHelL , a young rope master.
Formento + Formento
Hajime Kinoko
Welcome to Shibari , your chance to learn the building blocks of Japanese rope bondage! For me, the methodical repetition and precise structure of rope bondage is calming. I get off on the bottom both giving up control and having fun. For a bottom, being restrained can also feel very calming.
What is Shibari? What Is Kinbaku?
If you're interested in Japanese bondage but have zero idea what it's about, you're in the right place. We're going to look at some brief history, erotic elements, and what to keep in mind before learning how. Japanese bondage. Many Japanese practitioners use the terms interchangeably AND westerners have mistakenly adopted the word Shibari to have sexual overtones.
Japanese bondage, also known as kinbaku or shibari , is a centuries-old form of BDSM, focused on the aesthetics of being tied up in ropes and the thrill of being completely at the mercy of the person manning those ropes. With shibari, you're basically turned into a human sculpture while also being sexually stimulated—at least, that's the idea. It's art, but for sex!
