Japan: 'Muraoka of the Konoe clan bound with rope'. From the series 'Kinsei jimbutsushi' (Personalities of Recent Times, 1886-1888), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). A form of auto-eroticism, Muraoka is represented in ecstasy, not distress

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'.

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.

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