Barcelona-based shibari teacher, rigger and artist, director of the Noshibari Art project. His work frames rope as contemporary research, teaching and artistic / psychological / bodily experimentation beyond purely canonical aesthetics. Noshibari Art describes a Barcelona collective project for contemporary shibari education, creative collaboration, sensory exploration and interdisciplinary work with performance, photography, dance and therapeutic contexts. Alberto's own bio notes years of classes with major Japanese and European teachers including Yukimura Haruki, Naka Akira, Hajime Kinoko, Kazami Ranki, Osada Steve, Otonawa, Esinem, Nicolas Yoroi and Matthias Grimme, plus workshops / exhibitions across Europe. EURIX 2014 and 2015 presenter.
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.