Nawashi 縄師

Japanese word for a rope artist; in bondage contexts, a person recognized for skill in Japanese rope bondage.

Taken literally, nawashi means “a maker of rope”. In BDSM usage it refers instead to a professional rope artist, and Wikipedia notes that people who perform kinbaku today are often called nawashi or bakushi.

Sources

  1. Japanese bondage — Wikipedia
  2. Nawashi — Wikipedia
  3. 縄師 — Jisho.org Japanese-English dictionary