Nureki Chimuo (濡木痴夢男)

Nureki Chimuo (濡木痴夢男), 1930–2013, was a Japanese nawashi in the Nureki lineage.

Era: 1970s

NAWASHI · WRITER · TEACHER

Japanese kinbakushi, photographer, writer and editor born Iida Hoichi in 1930 in Asakusa, Tokyo. One of the first grandmasters of Japanese rope bondage. Drew from earlier masters such as Ito Seiu; rose to prominence through postwar SM publishing, including Kitan Club, Uramado and Kubo Shoten editorial work, then through magazine bondage photography and video production from the 1970s onward. Established Kinbiken in 1985 as a regular meeting group focused on kinbaku practice, photography and instruction. A translated 1993 SM Spirits dialogue also documents a joint Taiyo Tosho video with Yukimura Haruki, including a final side-by-side tying sequence. Later historical analysis treats his own recollections as essential but sometimes unreliable testimony, so broad historical claims around him stay source-critical. At his death in 2013 left only one authorised deshi, Naka Akira, to carry on his legacy.

School: Nureki lineage

Students / direct apprentices: Naka Akira.

Influences (mutual or directional): Nawa Yumio, Ito Seiu, Akechi Denki, Dan Oniroku, Ryuzaki Asuka, Nuit de Tokyo, WykD Dave.

Influenced by: Postwar SM Publishing, Tokyo Performance Laboratories, Kinbaku Video Archive Era.

Collaborators: Masato Marai, Muku Yoji, Norio Sugiura, Yukimura Haruki.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Kinbiken, Cinemagic, Bakushi, Oni Pro, Kitan Club.