Shibari originated from HojoJutsu, a method of restraining captives and a form of torture, before morphing again into the erotic bondage Kinbaku (Kinbaku-bi literally translates as “the beauty of tight binding”) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

the Edo period in Japan, but it is this period (1603-1867) which is widely cited as the birth for modern day rope based bondage.

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