Esinem is a British nawashi in the Osada / Western.
Era: 2000s
NAWASHI · TEACHER
British kinbaku practitioner and educator based in London. One of the West's early adopters of Japanese rope bondage. Studied under Arisue Go, Osada Steve, Hajime Kinoko, Ranki Kazami, and Yukimura Haruki. Co-organiser of BOUND (Europe's premier monthly shibari event, London) and the London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage. Represented the UK at Japan's first international kinbaku event, Toubaku. Collaborated with fashion designer Tom Ford (2013). Co-teaches ESINEM Shibari Classes with partner Nina Russ. Author of the first English-language kinbaku tutorial DVD series "Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels."
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.