Tenma Haru
Yokohama kinbaku artist who runs the rope salon Gensō Nawakai, teaches Tenma-ryū in graded workshops, and was listed for events in Baltimore and Taipei.
Tenma Haru (天馬ハル) is a kinbaku artist based in Yokohama, Japan. Tenma Haru heads Gensō Nawakai (幻想縄会), a Yokohama rope salon whose workshops teach the Tenma-ryū (天馬流) approach to tying. Miss Lina, who trained under Tenma Haru, teaches Tenma-ryū at Salon Isshion in Taipei.
Salon and teaching
The salon’s profile names Tenma Haru as its head and describes an approach combining classical and modern kinbaku and using rope for dialogue. The salon’s home page states its motto as thinking of the person tying, the person receiving and people in general. According to the salon’s system page, it opens on Saturdays and, irregularly, on Fridays, and it runs a members-only structure with an identity check on a first visit.
Workshops are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays and are described there as teaching Tenma-ryū technique built on reasoning. The beginner level covers the basic knots honmusubi and tomoe musubi and the Tenma-style ushiro-te (a hands-behind-the-back tie), with careful attention to suitable tension and to how a tie is secured. The intermediate level is a range of floor ties, meaning ties without suspension, under the motto of tying a person appropriately. The advanced level teaches suspension-centred ties and requires a reservation. The page also lists private lessons and group lessons for up to three people, all by reservation.
Performance and appearances
The salon profile lists Tenma Haru’s 2022 activities, including Design Festa vol. 55 in May, rope shows at Erotikava in Chiba in September, and an event jointly organized with Dōyama Tesshin and Nuegami Ren. The profile says Tenma Haru continues to appear at shows and events in Japan and abroad.
A listing for a two-day Baltimore rope intensive on 8 and 9 April 2017 by the Baltimore Kinbaku Collective and OTS Productions gives an intermediate to advanced curriculum and says Tenma Haru previously appeared onstage in Japan alongside Hajime Kinoko and Kasumi Hourai. The listing describes Tenma Haru as distinguishing kinbaku from S&M and using rope to communicate. A 2024 performer biography on temple’s event page says Miki studied kinbaku in Japan with several teachers including Tenma Haru and had earlier produced Baltimore workshops for Tenma Haru.
Students and Taipei
Salon Isshion describes its curator Miss Lina as having trained under Tenma Haru and as an instructor of Tenma-ryū, and names Sora as Miss Lina’s senior. The salon lists Tenma Haru among the Japanese performers of its Jouwaku 2 show on 29 and 30 August 2026.