This Japanese Artists Rope Bondage Performance Straddles SM and Art

Kinbakubi, a Japanese style of rope bondage, translates to the beauty of tight The practicepart erotica, part avantgarde performanceoriginated from a ropebased martial art called Hojojutsu in feudalera Japan. Today, kinbakubi artists are redefining the art for a modern audience, toeing the line between underground S M and artistic tradition. Kinoko Hajime, one of Japan s foremost practitioners of kinbakubi, recently held a performance at the Museum of Sex in NYC. We paid him a visit to