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==Alternative names==
 
==Alternative names==
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[[image:Gotetakatekote2.jpg|200px|thumb|''Reflections on Kinbaku-Beauty Through Gote and Takatekote''. Kitan Club. Apr 1953]]
 
*Box tie (English)
 
*Box tie (English)
 
*Chest harness (English)
 
*Chest harness (English)
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*Ushirode shibari or ushirote shibari (後ろ手縛り)
 
*Ushirode shibari or ushirote shibari (後ろ手縛り)
  
==Analyses==
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[[image:Gotetakatekote2.jpg|200px|thumb|''On the Beauty of Kinbaku in Gote Takatekote''. Kitan Club. Apr 1953]]
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==Analysis==
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[[image:Gotetakatekote3.jpg|200px|thumb|''[[Chimuo Nureki]]'s How-to-tie Classroom 2: One Rope Takatekote.'' (Shosetsu SM Select, 1985)]]
 
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'''Gote''' indicates that the wrists are tied behind the back. '''Takate''' is an old word referring to the area of the upper arm. This word can also be understood to represent a high position of the arms. '''Kote''' means  ''wrist''.
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'''Gote''' indicates that the wrists are tied behind the back.
  
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'''Takate''' is an old word referring to the the upper arm. This word can also be understood to represent a high position of the arms.
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'''Kote''' is an old word referring to the lower arm and/or wrist.
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==Usage==
 
'''USAGE 1''': Bondage that positions the wrists behind the back and rope is wrapped above and below the breasts where upper arms are fixed (see figure). The wrists are not necessarily in a high position.  
 
'''USAGE 1''': Bondage that positions the wrists behind the back and rope is wrapped above and below the breasts where upper arms are fixed (see figure). The wrists are not necessarily in a high position.  
  
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'''USAGE 3''': Bondage that positions the wrists on the back, and the rope from the wrists is wrapped diagonally over the shoulders to form an "X" shape on the chest. The hands in this usage are often lifted into a high position.
 
'''USAGE 3''': Bondage that positions the wrists on the back, and the rope from the wrists is wrapped diagonally over the shoulders to form an "X" shape on the chest. The hands in this usage are often lifted into a high position.
  
'''USAGE 4''': For most tying in [[hojojutsu]], '''takate''', '''kote''' and '''neck''' are key positions that must be tied. In this sense, they can belong to [[gote takatekote]] (see for instance, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195304/01/006.html Tsujimura's early shibari]). They don't necessarily contain chest harness ropes. However, it is not clear whether the term "gote takatekote" existed in ancient times or not (probably not). It could be a new word invented in the 1950s to the 1970s. The word "takatekote" can be seen (at least) in writing in 1923, but it is not known  whether it represents [[hojojutsu]] style or modern style. Modern style shibari with chest harness appeared in artwork in 1888 (Meiji era). It is highly possible that people at that time practiced a modern style [[gote takatekote]] in kabuki plays but it is not clear what it was called. Police in the Edo period (1603-1868) didn't use a chest harness (with limited exemptions).
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'''USAGE 4''': For most tying in [[hojojutsu]], '''takate''', '''kote''' and '''neck''' are key positions that must be tied. In this sense, they can belong to [[gote takatekote]] (see for instance, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195304/01/006.html Tsujimura's early shibari]).
 
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==Gote Takatekote in magazines==
 
==Gote Takatekote in magazines==
[[image:Gotetakatekote3.jpg|200px|thumb|''[[Chimuo Nureki]]'s How-to-tie Classroom 2: One Rope Takatekote.'' (Shosetsu SM Select, 1985)]]
 
 
*[[Takashi Tsujimura]]・[[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]], "On the Beauty of Kinbaku in Gote Takatekote", [[Kitan Club]]1953.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195304/01/006.html Article]
 
*[[Takashi Tsujimura]]・[[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]], "On the Beauty of Kinbaku in Gote Takatekote", [[Kitan Club]]1953.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195304/01/006.html Article]
 
*[[Koji Sugihara]], "Takatekote", [[Kitan Club]]1954.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195404/01/011.html Photo]
 
*[[Koji Sugihara]], "Takatekote", [[Kitan Club]]1954.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1950/195404/01/011.html Photo]
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*[[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]],『"How to Take Kinbaku Pictures: Examples of Kubinawa and Goteshibari", [[Kitan Club]]1962.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1960/196204/01/030.html Article]
 
*[[Tetsuzo Tsukamoto]],『"How to Take Kinbaku Pictures: Examples of Kubinawa and Goteshibari", [[Kitan Club]]1962.4, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1960/196204/01/030.html Article]
 
*Unknown, "Gote Takatekote with Black Nawa and a Bar", [[Kitan Club]]1964.2, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1960/196402/01/009.html Photo]
 
*Unknown, "Gote Takatekote with Black Nawa and a Bar", [[Kitan Club]]1964.2, [http://nawa-art.com/backnumber/1960/196402/01/009.html Photo]
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==Gote Takatekote in art works==
 
==Gote Takatekote in art works==
 
*1888, [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=ファイル:Eitakukobayashi.jpg Eitaku Kobayashi].
 
*1888, [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=ファイル:Eitakukobayashi.jpg Eitaku Kobayashi].
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*1953, [[Toshiyuki Suma]]'s [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=ファイル:Suma40.jpg work] in [[Kitan Club]] March.
 
*1953, [[Toshiyuki Suma]]'s [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=ファイル:Suma40.jpg work] in [[Kitan Club]] March.
  
==Gote Takatekote in novels==
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* 1923. The word ''takatekote'' appeared in the [http://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/jpegOutput?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F908193&contentNo=21&outputScale=1 writing] of Yoshikazu Manabe.
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==Gote Takatekote in print==
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* 1923. The word ''takatekote'' appeared with its vanilla usage in the [http://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/jpegOutput?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F908193&contentNo=21&outputScale=1 writing] of Yoshikazu Manabe.
 
* 1950. The phrase ''bound in takatekote with straw rope'' appears in [[Seiu Ito]]'s ''Torment Research''.
 
* 1950. The phrase ''bound in takatekote with straw rope'' appears in [[Seiu Ito]]'s ''Torment Research''.
  

Latest revision as of 17:51, 10 April 2025

後手高手小手 (Japanese)

The gote takatekote is one of the principal tying techniques in modern Japanese kinbaku. It has many alternative names including takatekote (高手小手) and gote shibari (後手縛り). It also has more than one way to read the name, for example: gote takatekote, ushirote takatekote and ushirode takatekote.

Gote takatekote

Alternative "Readings"

  • Gote takatekote
  • Gote takategote
  • Ushirode takatekote
  • Ushirode takategote
  • Ushirote takatekote
  • Ushirote takategote

Alternative names

Reflections on Kinbaku-Beauty Through Gote and Takatekote. Kitan Club. Apr 1953
  • Box tie (English)
  • Chest harness (English)
  • Gote munenawa shibari (後手胸縄縛り)
  • Gote shibari (後手縛り)
  • Kotetaka (小手高)
  • Munenawa (胸縄)
  • Takakote (高小手)
  • Takatekote (高手小手)
  • Takatekote shibari (高手小手縛り)
  • Ushiro takatekote (後高手小手)
  • Ushiro takatekote (後ろ高手小手)
  • Ushiro takatekote Shibari (後高手小手縛り)
  • Ushirote takatekote (後ろ手高手小手)
  • Ushiro kote shibari (後小手縛り)
  • Ushirode shibari or ushirote shibari (後ろ手縛り)


Analysis

Chimuo Nureki's How-to-tie Classroom 2: One Rope Takatekote. (Shosetsu SM Select, 1985)

Gote indicates that the wrists are tied behind the back.

Takate is an old word referring to the the upper arm. This word can also be understood to represent a high position of the arms.

Kote is an old word referring to the lower arm and/or wrist.

Usage

USAGE 1: Bondage that positions the wrists behind the back and rope is wrapped above and below the breasts where upper arms are fixed (see figure). The wrists are not necessarily in a high position.

USAGE 2: When takate is interpreted as a high position, the wrists must be in a high position. In this case, gote shibari (or ushirote shibari) is used to represent the state in which the wrists are not in a high position.

USAGE 3: Bondage that positions the wrists on the back, and the rope from the wrists is wrapped diagonally over the shoulders to form an "X" shape on the chest. The hands in this usage are often lifted into a high position.

USAGE 4: For most tying in hojojutsu, takate, kote and neck are key positions that must be tied. In this sense, they can belong to gote takatekote (see for instance, Tsujimura's early shibari).


Gote Takatekote in magazines


Gote Takatekote in art works


Gote Takatekote in print

  • 1923. The word takatekote appeared with its vanilla usage in the writing of Yoshikazu Manabe.
  • 1950. The phrase bound in takatekote with straw rope appears in Seiu Ito's Torment Research.