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Yugen Studio Magazine

Yugen Studio Magazine, 2022–, is a Italian magazine in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2022–

Era: 2020s

Milan-based Yugen SM / Yugen Studio Magazine publishing line connected to Yugen Studio. The official Yugen Studio magazine category says the magazine features shootings made in Yugen Studio and cultural articles by Japanese and Western connoisseurs; current product pages show a recurring print format with shootings, backstage material, interviews, viewpoints and original illustrations around kinbaku and its underground culture. SMpedia lists Ema Kuroko as chief editor, Marta Tenshiko as editorial director and Federico Kirigami as shooting director. King Koala documents Issue #0 in 2022, Yugen Studio lists product pages through at least #13, and a 2026 Yugen Instagram post announces N14 pre-order with Ema Kuroko again credited as chief editor, Marta credited for editorial direction and Federico Kirigami / Rope Tales credited for art direction, shooting and cover-rope work. A separate Yugen product page documents Tsubaki Kanda's concise text about Naka Akira, curated / edited by Yugen Studio.

People associated with Yugen Studio Magazine: Ema Kuroko, Federico Kirigami, Marta Tenshiko, Naka Akira, Happa Von Kruemel, Gordias, Anna Aurora, Morgana, Monad.

Bakushi Map BETA

An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku — the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global shibari scene.

People: 343
Entities: 269
Connections: 1546
Eras: 9

Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia, ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio pages — and curated by a single researcher.

Beta — structure and interface are public; data is still being expanded and corrected.

How to read it

Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by school or lineage; lines between them carry the relationship type:

deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage

Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants. Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or relationship.

Caveats

Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully. Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.

Methodology Sources

Thanks to RopeMarks, Asiana, RomKnots, Nick Freerider, Aleksei Kalatsky, Federico Kirigami, bluefeathers

Bakushi Map by Vsevolod Moreuton · · facts CC0 · text CC BY-SA · pussynawa@proton.me