Federico Kirigami

Federico Kirigami is a Italian nawashi.

Era: 2010s

NAWASHI · TEACHER

Italian kinbakushi, educator and performer based in Milan. Rope Tales says he has performed as a rigger since 2011, moved progressively toward Japanese-style bondage, founded / teaches through School of Rope in Milan from 2016, and was a certified Kinbaku LuXuria instructor from 2018 to 2022 after an exam with Riccardo Wildties. With Marta Tenshiko he has worked since 2011, ran a smaller Milan venue from 2016 to 2020, and opened Yugen Studio in 2020. Current Rope Tales text presents Kirigami as working independently through Yugen Studio, editorial projects, performance and photography; his current public framing is classical Japanese kinbaku / semenawa shaped by Sugiura Norio's photography and Naka Akira's bondage, with Kinbaku LuXuria kept as an earlier certification / training period rather than a present affiliation. Recent Yugen sources document collaboration with Sugiura Norio on workshops, online / print editorial projects and a 2025 Kinbaku Sajiki invitation. EURIX XII 2018 presenter with Tenshiko.

School: Independent

Influences (mutual or directional): Naka Akira, Riccardo Wildties.

Collaborators: Norio Sugiura, Marta Tenshiko, Akane.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Yugen Studio, RopeFest 2010s, EURIX 2010s, Les Cordes Roses, Corneum, Yugen Studio Magazine.