Chimuo Nureki
Nureki=family name, Chimuo=first name, (1930- )
Contents
Activities
Kinbakushi, writer and editor.
Alternate Name(s)
濡木痴夢男(Japanese)
Biography
Early Years
1930: Chimuo Nureki was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, and was the third generation of his family to be raised there.
c. 1938: Watching "female sumo wrestling" left an unforgettable impression on him[1].
1940: While a fifth grade elementary student, Nureki saw a picture by Kashou Takabatake in which a boy was tied with his hands behind his back, and he became fascinated with pictures which appeared to show seppuku[1][note 1].
1940s: Nureki made a poster at the Health and Welfare public relations office of the Hitachi factory in Kameari where he was assigned during student mobilization[1][note 2].
1945: The war ended, and Nureki became an apprentice to Fukunosuke Ichikawa, A kabuki actor who played female roles in "Shinsei Hanagata Kabuki"[1][note 3].
1945: Met Seiu Ito in Asakusa[2].
1946: Nureki met Seiu Ito at the "Suzumoto" theater in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture[2].
1946: Nureki spoke with a kabuki troupe and enrolled in a jidogeki theatrical company[1][note 4]. Nureki's first work was as an extra in a Toho movie co-starring Roppa Fukukawa and Ichirou Kagami[1][note 5].
Selected Works
How-to-Kinbaku
- 『濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門1 ("Nureki Chimuo's introductory guide for Shibari No.1")』(Art Video, 1983)
- 『濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門2 ("Nureki Chimuo's introductory guide for Shibari No.2")』(Art Video, 1983)
- 『濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門3 ("Nureki Chimuo's introductory guide for Shibari No.3")』(Art Video, 1983)
- 『濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門4 ("Nureki Chimuo's introductory guide for Shibari No.4")』(Art Video, 1983)
- 『濡木痴夢男の縛り方入門5 ("Nureki Chimuo's introductory guide for Shibari No.5")』(Art Video, 1983)
- 『濡木塾 I ：濡木痴夢男新縛り方教室("Nureki School: Nureki Chimuo's new introductory guide for Shibari")』(Art Video, 1988)
- 『秘技伝授 緊縛入門 （”Initiation of secret technique, introductory class for Shibari")』(SOD Create, 2001)
References
Notes
- ↑ Nureki liked with his parents and a younger brother and sister in a two-story wooden house in Ryuusenjichou in Asakusa. He read the authors Edogawa Ranpo, Kyuusaku Yumeno, Udaru Oshita, Saburou Kouga, Juuza Unno and Junichirou Tanizaki repeatedly.
- ↑ Nureki recieved guidance from Ichirou Madokoro, a member of Taiheiyogakai.
- ↑ Based at a remodeled playhouse near Kameari Station. The "Hanagata Kabuki Troupe" had once been located at a theater in Honjo Midoricho, but was re-established in Kameari as "Shinsei Hanagata Kabuki" (Leaders: Tsuruzou Kantou and Takewaka Kantou) after evacuating Honjo Midoricho due to the destruction caused by aerial bombing.
- ↑ The troupe isn't specified, but it is thought to be "Gekidan Toudou," which was active between 1928-1980.
- ↑ "I remember it seemed to have a title like "If My Song Had Wings." The actual work is unconfirmed. One possibility is "My Father" (Toyotarou, 1946).
