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14 03 2025

Soroban

By |2025-03-14T15:51:37+01:0014th March 2025|0 Comments

Japanese: 算盤 A wooden board with triangular shaped "blocks". Often used for "ishidaki"   See also: Ishidaki

16 07 2018

Suruga-doi shibari

By |2018-07-16T08:46:34+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 駿河問い A torture technique from the 16th-century Tokugawa where the wrists and ankles are closely bound behind the back of the subject, then pulled up, resting the subject on the [...]

23 05 2021

Takatekote

By |2025-04-27T13:56:05+02:0023rd May 2021|0 Comments

Japanese: 高手小手縛り Takate (高手) kote (小手): see below Shibari (縛り): tie   “Takatekote” is a whole word that means “binding the arms behind the back”. I specifically mention “whole word” [...]

27 04 2025

Take shibari

By |2025-04-27T12:53:35+02:0027th April 2025|0 Comments

Japanese: 竹縛り Take (竹): Bamboo Shibari (縛り): "Bondage"  Using a bamboo pole as an integral part of the tie.   See also: Take, Bō shibari

16 07 2018

Tanuki shibari

By |2025-03-21T17:03:14+01:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 狸縛り Tanuki (狸): Racoon dog / badger Shibari (縛り):  Tie Named after the racoon dog  from many Japanese legends. Originally tying the wrist and ankles close together in front of [...]

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