Shibari Perth

Shibari Perth, 2024–, is a Australian dojo in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2024–

Era: 2020s

Purpose-built Perth shibari rope dojo and community rope space. Its official site describes it as Perth's first purpose-built shibari rope dojo, offering weekly lessons, rope nights, jute jams and workshops with local, interstate and international teachers. Current workshop pages connect the space to Nawa Musubi private lessons, Kasumi Hourai's first Perth visit, and Hajime Kinoko / Ichinawakai-style classes taught by a certified Ichinawa instructor.

People associated with Shibari Perth: Hajime Kinoko, Jake, Laced, Kasumi Hourai.

Bakushi Map BETA

An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku — the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global shibari scene.

People: 327
Entities: 246
Connections: 1441
Eras: 9

Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia, ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio pages — and curated by a single researcher.

Beta — structure and interface are public; data is still being expanded and corrected.

How to read it

Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by school or lineage; lines between them carry the relationship type:

deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage

Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants. Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or relationship.

Caveats

Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully. Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.

Methodology Sources

Thanks to RopeMarks, Asiana, RomKnots, Nick Freerider, Aleksei Kalatsky, Federico Kirigami

Bakushi Map by Vsevolod Moreuton · · facts CC0 · text CC BY-SA · pussynawa@proton.me