Shigonawa Bingo (紫護縄びんご)

Shigonawa Bingo (紫護縄びんご), 1963–2025, was a Japanese nawashi.

Era: 2000s

NAWASHI · TEACHER

Tokyo-based kinbakushi (9 May 1963 - 24 November 2025) who refined his craft through private practice and observation; self-taught, and resistant to school labels or dogma. Came into the public scene in his late 40s after years of private tying. Co-ran Bar UBU and Mitsu in Shinjuku with Yoi Yoshida, taught internationally, and co-authored the 2016 manual "You Can Do It Now! How to Tie" with Ranki Kazami. Remembered for fluid, natural rope, signature purple ropes, kotobazeme, dry humor, and a philosophy that treated rope as a language of connection rather than a rigid system.

Influences (mutual or directional): Kazami Ranki, Davide La Greca, Sin, Yulia Vasileva, Andrea Ropes, Reve, Ishara Gabri.

Collaborators: Yoi Yoshida.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Bar UBU, Mitsu, Onawa Asobi Europe, Onawa Asobi, Omuchi Asobi, International Shibari Film Festival, 性 ~SAGA~ / SEI ~SAGA~.