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Japan: A shunga (erotic art) woodblock print of a bound woman, anonymous, mid-19th century

Japan: A <i>shunga</i> (erotic art) woodblock print of a bound woman, anonymous, mid-19th century

Kinbaku means 'tight binding', while Kinbaku-bi literally means 'the beauty of tight binding'. Kinbaku is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM. Shibari is a Japanese word that literally means 'to tie' or 'to bind'.

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