Semenawa

責め縄(Japanese)

Semenawa is a name given for hard SM play in kinbaku that emphasizes erotic "torment." Historically, semenawa also appears as a description of "torment bindings" used in association with torture.

Cover of Semenawakesho.

Examples of non-SM semenawa

1749: Semenawa is listed in the curriculum of "Muso-ryu Torite Koshimawari."

1964: Semenawa is referenced as a type of tying in the preface to Seiko Fujita's book "Illustrated Art of Rope Capture."

2006: Semenawa is credited as a term in Kurokawa-ryu in the Torture Bindings section of Hiro Mizukoshi's book "Torinawajutsu"

Examples of SM semenawa

Cover of Nawa Etsu #7.

• Denki Akechi's World: Semenawakesho (Kaos Project, 1990s)

• Denki Akechi's World: Semenawa Aidochoran (Kaos Project, 1992)

• Akira Naka's "Semenawa Kinbaku Arts - Introductory Edition (2014)

• Akira Naka's "Semenawa Kinbaku Kenkyukai" group

• Semenawa Higaho - Nawa Etsu (series)

Interesting points

Seme (責め) "Torment", Nawa (縄) "Binding/Bondage in this context"