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<i>Kinbaku</i> means 'tight binding', while <i>Kinbaku-bi</i> literally means 'the beauty of tight binding'. <i>Kinbaku</i> is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM. <i>Shibari</i> is a Japanese word that literally means 'to tie' or 'to bind'.
A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations.<br/><br/> Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat. The shinobi proper, a specially trained group of spies and mercenaries, appeared in the Sengoku or 'warring states' period, in the 15th century, but antecedents may have existed in the 14th century, and possibly even in the 12th century (Heian or early Kamakura era).
Kinbaku (緊縛) means 'tight binding' Kinbaku-bi (緊縛美) which literally means 'the beauty of tight binding'. Kinbaku is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM. Shibari (縛り) is a Japanese word that literally means 'to tie' or 'to bind'.<br/><br/>Bondage as a sexual activity first came to notice in Japan in the late Edo period. Generally recognized as 'father of Kinbaku' is Seiu Ito, who started studying and researching Hojōjutsu is credited with the inception of Kinbaku, though it is noted that he drew inspiration from other art forms of the time including Kabuki theatre and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – January 12, 1865) (Japanese: 歌川 国貞, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国 ) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.<br/><br/>In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
Seiu Ito (伊藤晴雨 Itō Seiu), also romanised as Seiyu Itoh (3 March 1882 in Tokyo - 28 January 1961 in Tokyo) was a Japanese painter, recognised today as 'the father of modern kinbaku'.<br/><br/>Ito was born Hajime Ito (伊藤一 Itō Hajime) in Tokyo's Asakusa district and started his education in painting by 1890. His father was a metalworker and he also received training in ivory carving, later sculpture. He adopted the alias Seiu (Sino-Japanese reading of kanji for words 'clear' and 'rain') at age 13. Around 1907, he began working for newspapers.<br/><br/>Ito became the target of censors in 1930, which led to the decline of his fortunes, and he lost most of his works during the Great Tokyo Air Raid. In 1960, he was recognised by the Japan Artists Association (日本美術家連盟 Nihon Bijutsuka Renmei).<br/><br/>Kinbaku (緊縛) means 'tight binding' Kinbaku-bi (緊縛美) which literally means 'the beauty of tight binding'. Kinbaku is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM. Shibari (縛り) is a Japanese word that literally means 'to tie' or 'to bind'.<br/><br/>Bondage as a sexual activity first came to notice in Japan in the late Edo period. Generally recognized as 'father of Kinbaku' is Seiu Ito, who started studying and researching Hojōjutsu is credited with the inception of Kinbaku, though it is noted that he drew inspiration from other art forms of the time including Kabuki theatre and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints.