(noun; lit. "rope master", "rope teacher"), is a word which in SM circles means "rope artist".
[ Master K, "Shibari, The art of Japanese Bondage". ] Nawashi are those who have some recognized proficiency in the historic erotic art of
Japanese bondage (緊縛 (lit. "tight binding" ''kinbaku'') or kinbaku-bi (lit. bondage beauty 緊縛美).
Other terms used in Japan for rope artists within
SM culture are "
kinbakushi
(noun; lit. "rope master", "rope teacher"), is a word which in SM circles means "rope artist".Master K, "Shibari, The art of Japanese Bondage". Nawashi are those who have some recognized proficiency in the historic erotic art of Japanese bonda ...
" and "
bakushi", with "bakushi" being more typical.
In early 2007 a documentary movie entitled ''Bakushi'' produced by Naoya Narita and directed by
Ryūichi Hiroki
is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for ''800 Two Lap Runners''. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character".
Biography
''Pink ...
was released. In it, Hiroki interviews three Japanese ropemasters (bakushi), Chimuo Nureki, Haruki Yukimura, and
Go Arisue, along with three of their models, Hiromi Saotome, Sumire, and Taeko Uzuki.
Two famous nawashi are the late Osada Eikichi (2001) and Akechi Denki (2005). Other notable Japanese bakushi are Naka Akira, Haruki Yukimura, Hajime Kinoko,
Randa Mai
is a Japanese nawashi and adult video (AV) director.
Life and career
Randa Mai was born on 25 March 1959 and has been working as a professional nawashi for many years. With his alias translated roughly as "wild dancer", he is known for AVs with ...
,
Go Arisue, Chimuo Nureki and Chiba Eizoh. One notable female bakushi is Benio Takara.
The art of kinbaku has become more well-known in the West since the mid-1990s, with a number of notable non-Japanese practitioners shaping their rope art in Japanese inspired forms.
Glossary
* : (noun) bondage
* : (verb) to tie or bind
* : (noun) rope tying
* : (noun) literally,"a maker of rope", but in SM circles in means "rope artist" (source Master K's book "Shibari, The art of Japanese Bondage")
* : (noun) tight binding (bondage) master
* : (noun) abbreviated form of kinbakushi
See also
*
Japanese bondage
*
Bondage rigger
References
Further reading
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External links
Glossary: Terms Related to Japanese Shibari / Kinbaku / Bondage€”See "Nawashi"
Japanese sex terms
Ropework
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