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Espacio Nos

Espacio Nos, 2020–, is a Spanish studio in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2020–

Era: 2020s

Barcelona interdisciplinary shibari / movement / art / performance space created by Pauline Massimo and opened in 2020. The official about page frames Espacio Nos as a full-time physical space focused on LGBTQI+ / femininities / marginalized communities and as a Spanish pioneer in educational and entertainment shibari events with explicit anti-abuse policies. It is structurally useful for the map because its own archive and current program connect Barcelona to international shibari teachers and performers already in the graph, including Kasumi Hourai, Akechi Kanna & Kagura, Barkas & Addie, Gandalf, Tamandua, Hua Hua, Gestalta and Ceci Ferox.

People associated with Espacio Nos: Pauline Massimo, Kasumi Hourai, Akechi Kanna, Akechi Kagura, Barkas, Addie, Gandalf, Tamandua, Hua Hua, Gestalta, Ceci Ferox.

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: 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.

Methodology Sources

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

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