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'''Shinju''' ( 真珠) literally means in Japanese "pearl". It is a euphemistic of the breasts or nipple. It is a rope bondage tie applied to a woman's chest or breast area in Japanese bondage style, but is not actually a historic shibari or kinbaku technique.
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'''Shinju''' ( 真珠) literally means in Japanese "pearl". It is a euphemism for the breasts or nipple. It is a rope bondage tie applied to a woman's chest or breast area in [[Japanese bondage]] style, but is not actually a historic [[shibari]] or [[kinbaku]] technique.
  
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The word was appropriated from Japanese language dictionaries by those in the west. Its usage in Japan by Japanese Nawashi is unknown.
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The word was appropriated from Japanese language dictionaries by Westerners. Its usage in Japan is unknown.
  
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It is done by encircling the torso with rope, both above and below the breasts, sometimes with cinches between the arms and the body. Then take the primary rope from the centre of the back over one shoulder, entwining both torso loops, and then back over the other shoulder, tying or weaving the rope to secure at the back.
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It is done by encircling the torso with rope, both above and below the breasts, sometimes with cinches between the arms and the body. Then take the primary rope from the centre of the back over one shoulder, entwining both torso loops, and then back over the other shoulder, tying or weaving the rope to secure at the back. This becomes a secure platform for subsequent ties. For example, if the shinju is not too tight, one can tie the arms wrist-to-elbows behind the back to form a [[box tie]].
  
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This becomes a secure platform for subsequent ties. For example, if the shinju isn't too tight, one can tie the arms wrist-to-elbows behind the back to form a box tie.
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''See also:'' [[Breast bondage]]
  
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"Shinjû" on the other hand means "double suicide" and is an entirely different word that "Shinju". Notice the macron " ^ "over the u in "Shinjû". That means that the u in "shinjû" is held about 2 times as long as a normal u sound in "shinju".
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There is an Internet mythology that links these two words in regards to the tying of lovers with this chest tie (shinju) before they committed double suicide (Shinjû) by jumping off a bridge together. This is urban myth. The "shinju" bondage chest tie and the "shinjû" double suicide are totally unreleated to each other. The confusion came about due to persons who did not understand that the mere length a vowel is held in Japanese gave the word a totally different meaning.
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"Shinjû ten no Amijima" (Double Suicide at Amijima), written by seventeeth-century tragedist Chikamatsu Monzaemon for the puppet theater (bunraku and/or joruri theater). Double suicides are the simultaneous suicides of two lovers prevented in their hopes to be together by social conventions or family obligations. Double suicides were ,and still are, rather common in Japan throughout history and double suicide is an important theme of the puppet theater repertory. The tragic denouement is usually known from the audience and is preceded by a "michiyuki", a small poetical journey, where lovers evoke the happier moments of their lives and their attempts at loving each other. Film maker Masahiro Shinoda adapted Shinjû ten no Amijima as a film, released under the title: "Double Suicide" in English, in an astounding and modernist adaptation, including a stunnning score by music composer Toru Takemitsu.
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In the preface he wrote for Donald Keene's book "Bunraku", writer Junichiro Tanizaki complained about the too-long endings of all the double suicide plays, since it is a known denouement. In his novel "Some Prefer Nettles", he will parody the notion of shinju and make it a social and sensual double suicide with no clear ending.
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See also: Breast bondage
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Shinju ( 真珠) literally means in Japanese "pearl". It is a euphemism for the breasts or nipple. It is a rope bondage tie applied to a woman's chest or breast area in Japanese bondage style, but is not actually a historic shibari or kinbaku technique.

The word was appropriated from Japanese language dictionaries by Westerners. Its usage in Japan is unknown.

It is done by encircling the torso with rope, both above and below the breasts, sometimes with cinches between the arms and the body. Then take the primary rope from the centre of the back over one shoulder, entwining both torso loops, and then back over the other shoulder, tying or weaving the rope to secure at the back. This becomes a secure platform for subsequent ties. For example, if the shinju is not too tight, one can tie the arms wrist-to-elbows behind the back to form a box tie.

See also: Breast bondage

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