Chimuo Nureki
Nureki (濡木) family name, Chimuo (痴夢男) first name, (1930- )
Contents
Activities
Kinbakushi, writer and editor.
Alternate Name(s)
濡木痴夢男(Japanese), IIda Toyokichi, Iku Fujimi, Kan-ichiro Yutaka and Kanji Inada[note 1], etc..
Biography
Early Years
1930: Chimuo Nureki was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, and was the third generation of his family to be raised there.
c. 1938: Watching female sumo wrestling left an indelible impression on the young Nureki[1].
1940: While a fifth grade elementary school student, Nureki saw a picture by Kashou Takabatake in which a boy was tied with his hands behind his back, and he became fascinated with pictures which appeared to show seppuku[1][note 2].
1940s: Nureki made a poster at the Health and Welfare public relations office of the Hitachi factory in Kameari where he was assigned during student mobilization[1][note 3].
1945: After the war, Nureki became an apprentice to Fukunosuke Ichikawa, a kabuki actor who played female roles in Shinsei Hanagata Kabuki[1][note 4].
1945: Met Seiu Ito in Asakusa[2].
1946: Another contact with Seiu Ito, this time at the Suzumoto Theater in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture[2].
1946: Nureki spoke with a kabuki troupe and enrolled in a jidogeki theatrical company[1][note 5]. Nureki's first work was as an extra in a Toho movie co-starring Roppa Fukukawa and Ichirou Kagami[1][note 6].
Kitan Club Period
1953: Nureki became acquainted with Kitan Club around the time he was sent from a Tokyo design company to Nagoya, where he worked on a clothing-related advertising magazine[3][note 7].
1953: Pleasurable Punishment Performer was accepted for the November 1953 issue of Kitan Club[note 8]
c. 1953: Nureki saw Seiu Ito while at a performance of Burned Alive at the Suzumoto Theater.
1954: Publication of the March issue of Kitan Club is suspended. Nureki published the content of "Demon Sisters" (illustrated by by Yagi Shizuo) with Fujio Maki, but there was a problem with release, and sale was prohibited four days later[3].
1955: Kitan Club resumed sales with the October issue under a new publisher, Tenseisya, which oversaw the magazine's cover design (the white cover period). Nureki wrote many of the stories in this issue.
Uramado Period
1957: Nureki returned to Tokyo. Shortly before leaving Nagoya, he discovered Uramado magazine in a Matsuzaka book store and came across Reiko Kita's name[3].
1957 (December): "The Pale Man" was published in Uramado under the pen name Toyokichi IIda[note 9]. After that, Nureki contributed to both Kitan Club and Uramado magazines. Later, he paid a visit to Toshiyuki Suma at Uramado's editorial office in Ekoda[2].
1958: Published "Image of Bloodstained Kannon" in the January issue under the pen name Toyokichi Iida and "Bloody Marie" in the May issue under the pen name Iku Fujimi.
1958: Nureki was commissioned by Suma to serialize "Breasts From Hell" in the May to September issues. This marked his switch to a professional writer.
1958: Nureki practiced "bondage play" alongside Suma. His managerial partner, Toshihiko Fukai, was a Shinjuku music hall dancer[note 10].
1958: Nureki meets Oniroku Dan for the first time[note 11].
1959: At a request from Minoru Yoshida, Nureki contributed "Don't Set the Breasts Aflame" under the name Shinji Fujiki for a novel contest celebrating the 100th issue of Kitan Club[note 12].
1960: Disappointed by the illustrations in "Underground Female Slave Market," he decided to contribute more to Kitan Club[2].
1960: Nureki received inquiries from Minoru Yoshida about moving Kitan Club to Tokyo and becoming its editor-in-chief[2][note 13].
1961: Nureki succeeded Toshiyuki Suma as Uramado's editor-in-chief starting with the Janurary 1962 issue.[note 14].
1961: Nureki tied Toshiyuki Suma's uninvited disciple, Misa Machida[note 15], for the first time[2][note 16].
1961: Toshiyuki Suma, Toshihiko Fukai and Nureki showed a bound woman to Shizuo Yagi[2][note 17].
1964: Uramado ceased publishing in January 1965, and Nureki moved on to "Suspense Magazine."
1967: Wrote the screenplay for the serial television drama "Sengoku Mushuku" (Confirmation required).
1968: Nureki resumed contributing to Kitan Club.
1968: Around this time, Nureki wrote scripts for "Troupe Flame," a pink theatrical company belonging to Mari Aoki and Yoko Mizusaki. A few of the scripts appeared in Suspense Magazine.
1969: Nureki and Suma leave Kubo Shoten[3].
1969: Wrote the script for the serial television drama "Black Chamber." (Confirmation required).
Selected Works
How-to-Kinbaku
- 濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門1 (Nureki Chimuo's Introductory Guide to Shibari No.1) (Art Video, 1983)
- 濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門2 (Nureki Chimuo's Introductory Guide to Shibari No.2) (Art Video, 1983)
- 濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門3 (Nureki Chimuo's Introductory Guide to Shibari No.3) (Art Video, 1983)
- 濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門4 (Nureki Chimuo's Introductory Guide to Shibari No.4) (Art Video, 1983)
- 濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門5 (Nureki Chimuo's Introductory Guide to Shibari No.5) (Art Video, 1983)
- 濡木塾 I ：濡木痴夢男新縛り方教室(Nureki School: Nureki Chimuo's New Introductory Guide to Shibari)(Art Video, 1988)
- 秘技伝授 緊縛入門 （Initiation of Secret Technique: Introductory Class of Shibari) (SOD Create, 2001)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Nureki, Chimuo. Nureki Chimuo's Chat Theater. Web.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Nureki, Chimuo. The Artists of Kitan Club. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 2004. Print.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Nakahara, Rutsu. "Another Face of Chimuo Nureki". Bondage - For As Long As I Live (Afterward). Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 2008. Print.
Notes
- ↑ Kanji Inada is a group name used for collaborations between Chimuo Nureki (bondage), Katsuya Kashii (cameraman) and Akio Fuji (assistant cameraman). They performed magazine work under the name "Yutaka Editorial Office." It is the predecessor to Kinbi-ken (from The History of Japanese Bondage Photography).
- ↑ Nureki lived with his parents and a younger brother and sister in a two-story wooden house in Ryuusenjichou in Asakusa. He read the authors Edogawa Ranpo, Kyuusaku Yumeno, Udaru Oshita, Saburou Kouga, Juuza Unno and Junichirou Tanizaki repeatedly.
- ↑ Nureki received guidance from Ichirou Madokoro, a member of Taiheiyogakai.
- ↑ Based at a remodeled playhouse near Kameari Station. The 'Hanagata Kabuki Troupe had once been located at a theater in Honjo Midoricho, but was re-established in Kameari as Shinsei Hanagata Kabuki (Leaders: Tsuruzou Kantou and Takewaka Kantou) after evacuating Honjo Midoricho due to the destruction caused by aerial bombing.
- ↑ The troupe isn't specified, but it is thought to be Gekidan Toudou, which was active between 1928 and 1980.
- ↑ "I remember it seemed to have a title like If My Song Had Wings." The actual work is unconfirmed. One possibility is My Father (Toyotarou, 1946).
- ↑ Rutsu Nakahara places it with a Japanese PR magazine in the afterward to Nureki's "Bondage - For As Long As I Live."
- ↑ He had really wanted it to be illustrated by Reiko Kita, but Toshiyuki Suma had already left the magazine by that time. Mineko Tsuzuki Illustrated it instead.
- ↑ "Written on a train returning to Tokyo" (Bondage - For As Long As I Live (Afterward) by Rutsu Nakahara)
- ↑ "Sometimes Fukai also participated in 'bondage play' himself." (Chat Theater #20)
- ↑ He accompanied Toshiyuki Suma on a visit to Mr. Dan's home. He was invited out several times to a bar in either Ginza or Shinbashin, but when he realized Dan had no interest in "rope," he declined Suma's invitations.
- ↑ A contest said to have been "commissioned by Yoshida." Artwork by Takashi Shima was offered, but Nureki declined and used his own collage.
- ↑ Nureki delayed his answer, and Minoru Yoshida later suspended the plan saying it was too costly.
- ↑ In "Kinbaku Private Talks #61," Nureki says he succeeded in 1960.
- ↑ She is reported to be the mama of the bar "Reiko" behind Miyamasuzaka in Shinjuku.
- ↑ Nureki took over as Uramado's Editor-in-chief one month later. Suma tied and afterward continued to tie.
- ↑ According to Nureki, until that point, Yagi hadn't seen a real live bound woman. This took place at "Chiharu," an inn and restaurant in Udagawachou in Shibuya. "This was the first time he tied a real woman with rope."
