Ogawa Ropes
Ogawa Ropes, 1929-; shibari-supply trace 2020s-, is a Japanese material in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.
Era: 2020s
Tokyo rope shop / supplier also known as 小川ロープ. Ogawa's official site presents it as a jute-rope and industrial-rope specialist founded in 1929, not as a shibari-only brand. In shibari material infrastructure, Ogawa matters because current rope shops and education spaces sell, prepare, use or teach with Japan-sourced Ogawa jute for kinbaku / shibari use: NekoNeko sells untreated 6 mm Ogawa jute rope directly at its Belgrade studio, Shibari Study sells Berlin-prepared Ogawa Tossa jute through its shop extension, Anatomie / Shibari Store sells natural and dyed Ogawa variants as part of its studio feedback loop, and RopeMarks identifies Ogawa as one of the Japanese jute ropes he uses and stocks. It has direct studio / platform / practitioner stockist connections, not as a school or lineage entry.
Official links
Sources
- Ogawa Rope official site catalogue record
- NekoNeko Studio: Ogawa jute rope product page catalogue record
- Shibari Study Shop: Untreated Japanese Ogawa Jute Rope catalogue record
- Shibari Study Shop: Treated Japanese Ogawa Jute Rope catalogue record
- Shibari Store / Anatomie Shop: Ogawa jute rope product page catalogue record
- RopeMarks: Jute Rope Strength: What Riggers Need to Know catalogue record
- Shoga Shibari: Ogawa jute rope product page catalogue record
- Maruku Nawa: Rope places in Tokyo Area catalogue record
People associated with Ogawa Ropes: RopeMarks.