Arisue Go (有末剛)

Arisue Go (有末剛), born 1954, is a Japanese nawashi.

1954–present

Era: 1990s

NAWASHI · PERFORMER · TEACHER

Tokyo-based kinbaku performer, teacher and author born in 1954. Nawapedia and Kinbaku Wiki place him as a senior connection figure whose early rope interest was shaped by Seiu Ito's paintings and Minomura Ko / Akira's writings, then by 1970s work for SM Select, SM Fan and SM-club shows while he was still a university student. Ohta's publisher profile also describes him as inheriting Ito / Minomura's conceptual line and working across 1970s-1980s SM magazines, Nikkatsu / Toei / V-cinema rope direction, photo books and overseas collaborations. Did the rope for the 2000s Flower and Snake remake series and the 1987 Angel Guts: Akai Nawa Hateru Made, appeared in Hiroki Ryuichi's Bakushi documentary, and became one of the early Japanese kinbakushi to teach and publish for international audiences. Selected authored works include Kinbakushi A's Ecstasy And Gloom, Arisue's Kinbaku Theory and Practices, and the 2009 Kinbaku Mind and Techniques manuals.

Students / direct apprentices: Nicolas Yoroi.

Influences (mutual or directional): Ito Seiu, Suma Toshiyuki, Hebari, Esinem, Felix Ruckert, Dasniya Sommer, Davide La Greca, Nuit de Tokyo, Ann Antidote.

Collaborators: Nagasawa Nao, Wakabayashi Miho.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Bakushi.