Shibari and Kinbaku 縛りと緊縛

Long before it became an intimate art form, rope held power in Japan. In the feudal era, samurai warriors practiced hojojutsu — the martial art of binding prisoners quickly and securely. Different knots and patterns signaled status, crime, and control. Women, like men, could find themselves restrained by these ropes… but their story in rope truly began to transform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shibari and Kinbaku 縛りと緊縛