The Beauty of Kinbaku
Or everything you always wanted to know about Japanese erotic bondage when you suddenly realized that you didn't speak Japanese
Osada Steve
Review: "The Beauty of Kinbaku (Or everything you ever wanted to know about Japanese bondage when you suddenly realized you didn't speak Japanese.)" -by Master "K"
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Chapter 4 offers an extensive glossary explaining many of the Japanese names and technical terms of almost every Kinbaku/Shibari or Hojojutsu tie there ever was.
If all this is making you wish for some hands-on advice, the reader is rewarded with a tutorial part in section 5, where the author guides us through three classical ties (a takatekote variation, an agura shibari, and a variation of hishinawa). These how-to's are apt to inspire the ambitious rigger to learn more, hopefully through one-on-one tuition from a recognized teacher.
The huge bibliography at the end of the book finally reveals why Master "K" is generally recognized as owning the largest collection of documents on the subject. The author's private library contains original art and documents dating back to the 1800s that are not only unique in the West, but have also become impossible to obtain in Japan.
Never before has so much information on Kinbaku/Shibari been released in one single book. A remarkable scholastic achievement.
Master K's first book, "Shibari, the Art of Japanese Bondage" (Glitter/Secret Press, 2004) has been out of print for years. It is treasured by collectors, and fetches high prices among aficionados and connoisseurs. With a limited edition of only 1,000 copies, it's just a matter of time before "The Beauty of Kinbaku" too will be sold out, before attaining Cult status.
My advice: get this jewel of a book before it's too late.
"The Beauty of Kinbaku", Master "K",
ISBN 978-0-615-24876-9
192 pages, format: 21,6 cm x 27,9 cm, American English
Price: US$ 89.99 plus s & h
Available exclusively from the publisher here:
www.thebeautyofkinbaku.com/
