Master K (春虎)
Master K (春虎), 1950–2026, was an American nawashi in the Yukimura-ryū.
Era: 2000s
NAWASHI · TEACHER · WRITER
American kinbakushi, teacher and historian based in Los Angeles (18 April 1950 - 26 January 2026). Author of "Shibari: The Art of Japanese Bondage" (2004) and "The Beauty of Kinbaku" (2008), both important English-language works on Japanese rope history and practice. Certified Yukimura-ryu instructor (December 2013) after studying with Yukimura Haruki from 2010; Nawapedia records him founding LA Rope Dojo with Zetsu in 2013, and LA Rope's 2014 Naka Akira visit post names Master K and Zetsu as LA Rope Dojo proprietors. Also worked as a consultant and rigger for film/music-video productions and was named successor to Urado Hiroshi's school of kinbaku in 2013.
School: Yukimura-ryū
Official links
Sources
- Kinbakuwiki: Yukimura-Ryū catalogue record
- Kinbaku Books: Yukimura Haruki - Kinbaku Sniper catalogue record
- Kinbaku Today: The Bonds of Kinbaku - Urado Hiroshi's Legacy catalogue record
- Kinbaku Today: Master K on The Beauty of Kinbaku catalogue record
- Kinbaku Today: Obituary - Master K catalogue record
- Nawapedia: Master K catalogue record
- LA Rope Dojo: Akira Naka in Los Angeles catalogue record
- Nawapedia: Zetsu catalogue record
Teachers / direct apprenticeship lineage: Yukimura Haruki, Hiroshi Urado.
Students / direct apprentices: Faviola Llervu.
Collaborators: Zetsu.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: LA Rope Dojo.