27 Oct Then, where does the current vogue for ritual, sexualised binding originate if not from Edo culture?
I’m being coy here… there obviously was clearly a pornographic (and sadistic/violent) element to rope that is japanese, but there is however also a beauty and formality to it too.
It really is understandable that cultured people should really be drawn to restrained (and restraining) techniques which create a stress between nature and control.