Corneum, 2019-, is a Belgian studio in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.
2019-
Era: 2020s
Belgian shibari studio / lounge / rope space founded by FranckStunn / Frank Stunn. Corneum's official pages describe a Lennik / Brussels-area venue for shibari workshops, private sessions, rope jams, semenawa and hashira practice; the info page says the project has existed since 2019, first for private workshops and jams, and expanded after a 2022 makeover with multiple suspension / bamboo / hashira setups. The founder bio lists international workshop study and style influences including Yukimura Ryu, Ropunawa, Naka, Ren Yagami, Nicolas Yoroi, Soptik, Docvale, Ropeknight, RopeMarks, Felix Ruckert, Asiana, Sin and others; this is mostly kept as context rather than formal lineage. Current public traces also show Corneum hosting Kirigami & Tenshiko and selling Ogawa jute rope through its shop.
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
343
Entities
269
Connections
1546
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.