1997 Book Editorial note

A Trip to Bondage in Japan

Original title: 緊縛紀行

Also known as Kinbaku Kikō

Language Japanese

Tanaka Kinichi's black-and-white photobook places bondage scenes in outdoor locations across Japan, including parks, forests and everyday urban settings.

Its use of recognizable landscapes and public settings contrasts staged bondage imagery with the ordinary surroundings in which it is photographed.

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