Shibari Study, 2019–, is a German platform in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.
2019–
Era: 2010s
Online education platform for shibari, founded in 2019 by Gorgone (Marika Leila Roux) — who brought the shibari know-how and instructor contacts — together with Anton Martin, who brought the vision and operations. Berlin-based GmbH. Offers 800+ tutorials by world-class instructors at multiple skill levels, live classes, a public community page and a member-only Discord community. Director of Education: Fuoco. Web and mobile apps. The same project also operates Shibari Study Shop, selling Berlin hand-treated Japanese Ogawa / JBO-free jute rope, safety gear and beginner kits with a digital learning path; this is tracked as the platform's material-supply extension rather than a separate graph node. Its Shibari Study Podcast, hosted by Wicked Wren, provides interview / media-source context for selected instructors and scene figures.
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.