Primary-source writings and related research materials by and about Nureki Chimuo.
This archive brings together primary-source writings by and about Nureki Chimuo preserved through the Kinbaku Research Platform. Translations retain their original translator and editor credits.
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Let’s Take Some Photos that Look Like a Picture Story
I had resolved to take a deep breath, pull myself together, and get down to business, but when producer Nakahara called me out on it, I realized my resolve was, after all, rather naive. The “habit” cultivated over such a long time is a frightening thing. Habit has a way of flowing toward the lowest,…
Read translationThe Pillars of the Yamanouchi Residence
I received a letter in an envelope from Fuyuki Sawato. As always, it was a handwritten letter with a heartfelt message, written in elegant, meticulous regular script. From the very first line, I could sense her emotions and determination, and I couldn’t help but sit up straight and spread the letter…
Read translationTen Days Until Shooting
Production notes for Hiromi Saotome’s upcoming new photo book. There’s a model, a man appears, and without any explanation or foreshadowing, he ties her up with rope, makes her strike various poses, and when the time comes, he unties her. Then, for some reason, the model starts crying and clings to …
Read translationNine Days Until Shooting
Producer Nakahara Rutsu, who had read through the script for the previous “Talking Theater,” called me right away. We discussed a few things regarding the direction for the upcoming shoot. As usual, she made some sharp observations. “...It would be great if we could incorporate the psychological asp…
Read translationEight Days Until Shooting
“Hey, what’s up? Aren’t you going to eat your lunch? Aren’t you hungry? Hmm. And I went out of my way to buy it for you. Oh, I see. So you’re saying you don’t want to eat with a guy like me. Well, I guess that makes sense. It wouldn’t taste good anyway, eating a bento in a situation like this. If yo…
Read translationAddendum
Akiyoshi Ran: Phantoms of a Land of Pleasure The Unknown World of Akiyoshi Ran Akiyoshi Ran (1922-1981), a solitary master of fantastic art. The Abnormal Museum houses a vast collection of nearly 500 original artworks donated by the Akiyoshi family. To coincide with the release of “Akiyoshi Ran and …
Read translationSeven Days Until the Shoot
Despite all my big talk and pretentious writing leading up to the shoot, the truth is that even with this “Talking Theater,” Nakahara Rutsu, producer of Tomoshibi and Director of the Sex Industry Museum, occasionally takes the helm, gently guiding my every step and subtly steering me in the right di…
Read translationThree Days Until the Shoot
On the night three days before the shoot, producer Nakahara, photographer Sachi Yamanouchi, Hiromi Saotome, and I, a member of the Tomoshibi fan club, gathered in a room for our final meeting. It’s hard to put into words just how much fun we had during those three and a half hours of conversation. O…
Read translation100 Out of 100 for Satisfaction
I was extremely satisfied with both the shoot and the results. I don’t know how to express the sense of satisfaction I feel right now. My poor writing skills are infuriating. I am so satisfied and happy that I can’t even find the words to describe it. It’s amazing that all three of them understood e…
Read translationPeople Who Are Ordinary and Those Who Aren’t
This is a continuation of the previous post. I need to write a little more about what happened during the filming of the Tomoshibi group. Having shot between five and six thousand bondage photos and videos for commercial purposes, this was the first time I had ever completed a shoot entirely of my o…
Read translationFrom “The Sunset Room” to “The Horsetail Garden”
The bondage photo book featuring Hiromi Saotome, planned and produced by Tomoshibi, has been titled “The Sunset Room” and our team is currently hard at work on the editing process with great enthusiasm. Everyone is elated by the excitement and tension of Tomoshibi’s first photo shoot, as well as the…
Read translationLine up the Teru Teru Bozu and Hiromi
As a follow-up to the previous installment of this “Talking Theater.” I’d like to jot down some notes from the photo shoot for Hiromi Saotome’s Kinbaku Photo Collection Vol. 2, “The Garden of Horsetails.” Since these are just notes, I'll write down whatever comes to mind, sort of like hints, in no p…
Read translationI Don’t Want to Turn This Into a Collection of Poses
Continued from last time. Producer Nakahara said to me with a stern expression, “...But you see, Nureki Sensei, just because there’s a garden full of horsetail growing near the eaves of a house where a teru teru bozu is hanging, I think it would be unnatural, given the flow of the entire photo book,…
Read translationThe Postponement of Shooting and the Matter of Terushi
The day of the shoot for “The Horsetail Garden.” When I arrived at the coffee shop in front of the station thirty minutes before the meeting time, photographer Sachi Yamanouchi soon appeared and sat down in front of me, looking more nervous than usual. “What’s wrong?” I asked, and she replied, “It’s…
Read translationA Tall, Slender Narcissist
Due to the unfortunate news that the husband of the family living next door to the Yamanouchi residence had passed away suddenly early that morning, we had to postpone the scheduled photo shoot at the Yamanouchi residence. The Yamanouchi residence and the neighboring house are very close, separated …
Read translation“The Horsetail Garden” Photo Essay
Damn it, what a mess. I just can’t bring myself to write about Terushi. I try to write about him, but I just can’t. I want to write about him, but I can’t. What on earth is going on? Is Terushi really that big of a deal? No, I don’t really think he is. Nor do I think he’s a man with profound artisti…
Read translationThat’s Not It
I don’t think this is worth writing down here, but just in case someone might misunderstand, I’ll add a few extra words. This refers to the scene in the previous chapter, “The Horsetail Garden” where I, playing the role of a ruthless loan shark, gag the victim, a married woman named Hiromi (played b…
Read translationThe Terror of Being Dragged Around
The photo book we at Tomoshibi are currently producing is not a compilation of bondage photos originally published in magazines, a format that publishers frequently used in the past, but rather a collection of entirely new, original photographs that form a single narrative from beginning to end. (Si…
Read translationThe Passion of Tomoshibi
After tying up Hiromi, the married woman, with her hands bound behind her back and forcing a hand towel gag firmly into her mouth, I dragged her all over the tatami-mat room, then pulled her out to the entrance, opened the door, and led her out into the garden. Hiromi looked pitiful, standing there …
Read translationThe Mind of a Married Woman Held Captive
In the letter from Hiromi Saotome that I introduced last time; “...Yes, my preference was for shoots that emphasized the premise of ‘why am I being tied up?’ Even on the set of photo shoots for SM magazines, I was always thinking up fictional scenarios in my head. Without a premise, neither my mind …
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