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ICcode for "Shibari"

[heading]Bondage

[[Image:Nawa shibari 1998 web.jpg|thumb|Shibari from [url=http://www.bodyplay.com/]fakirart/ Fakier Photo Art[/url] ]] 
[b]Shibari[/b] (literally meaning "bondage") is a Japanese style of sexual [about=bondage]bondage[/about] or [about=BDSM]BDSM[/about]. Shibari involves tying up the [about=Bottom (BDSM)]bottom[/about] in intricate patterns, usually with several pieces of thin [about=rope]rope[/about]. Shibari differs from Western bondage in that, instead of just immobilizing or restraining the bottom, the bottom gains pleasure from being under pressure and strain of the ropes, squeezing the breasts or genitals. The aesthetics of the bound person's position are also important: in particular, Japanese bondage is notorious for its use of asymmetric positions to heighten the psychological impact of bondage.

Although some of the techniques of Japanese sexual bondage originated with the military restraint technique of [about=Hojojutsu]Hojojutsu[/about], sexual bondage techniques are far gentler, and great care is taken to [about=Bondage: Safety]avoid injury[/about].


[heading]Development of Shibari

According to several sources, bondage as a sexual activity first came to notice in Japan in the late Edo period, perhaps as a result of Western influences. In the 1960s, a tradition of bondage as a form of performance art developed in Japan.

In recent years Japanese style ropework has become popular in the
western [about=BDSM]BDSM[/about] scene and 2004 saw the first ever Shibaricon,
an educational conference on Japanese rope bondage
held in Chicago.


[heading]Glossary 


[item] [url=http://rare.ropemarks.com/glossary/shibari.htm]RopeMarks' Shibari Glossary[/url]

[item] [b]kinbaku[/b] (&#32202;&#32283;): strict bondage

[item] [b]nawa shibari[/b] (&#32260;&#32283;&#12426;): rope tying

[item] [b]nawashi[/b] (&#32260;&#24107;): rope artist


[heading]Topics to be covered 


[item] [about=karada]karada[/about] (body harness, a "[about=rope dress]rope dress[/about]")

The following two "Japanese bondage's" are specific Western inventions that have -NOT- been picked up by, or originated from, the east.

[item] [about=sukaranbo]sukaranbo[/about] ("cherry": [about=crotch rope]crotch rope[/about])

[item] [about=shinju]shinju[/about] ("pearl": breast harness)


[heading]See also 


[item] [about=Bondage positions and techniques]Bondage positions and techniques[/about]

[item] [about=Hojojutsu]Hojojutsu[/about]

[item] [about=Fetish Diva Midori]Fetish Diva Midori[/about]

[item] [about=RopeMarks]RopeMarks[/about]

[item] [about=BDSM]BDSM[/about]


[heading]References 


[item] [about=Fetish Diva Midori]Midori[/about], Craig Morey, "The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage", Greenery Press, 2001. ISBN 1890159387

[item] Master "K",  "Shibari, the Art of Japanese Bondage", Secret Publications, 2004. ISBN 9080770620

[item] [url=http://rare.ropemarks.com]RopeMarks Artistic Rope Exchange (R.A.R.E.) - traditional shibari tutorials[/url]


[heading]External links 


[item] [url=http://www.tokyo.to/fetish/japsm/]Japanese S&M[/url]

[item] [url=http://www2u.kagoya.net/~park/gay/gana/common/shibari/galshibari.html]Japanese-language site depicting finished Japanese bondage and tying procedures[/url]

[item] [url=http://www.ropemarks.com]RopeMarks - The True Beauty of Bondage[/url]

[item] [url=http://rare.ropemarks.com]RopeMarks Artistic Rope Exchange (R.A.R.E.) - online traditional shibari tutorials[/url]

[item] [url=http://www.ropemarks.com/master_k.htm]Master "K" at RopeMarks[/url] 

[item] [url=http://www.immortalshibari.com.br/en_artigo.cfm?ID=16]Master"K" at Immortal Shibari[/url]

[item] [url=http://www.rope-peer-workshop.co.uk/]Rope Bondage Peer Workshop[/url]

[item] [url=http://www.shibaricon.com/]Shibaricon site[/url]




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