{"id":538,"date":"2014-10-20T19:58:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T10:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tokyobound.com\/blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2016-05-10T22:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T13:59:40","slug":"of-pussies-box-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Of Pussies &#038; Box Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_539\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/shimenawa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-image-539\" src=\"https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/shimenawa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"shimenawa\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/shimenawa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/shimenawa-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/shimenawa.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Shimenawa (\u6ce8\u9023\u7e04, sacred rope) <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If we are to believe lexicographer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/57872\/31-adorable-slang-terms-sexual-intercourse-last-600-years\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jonathan Green<\/span><\/a><\/strong> you could introduce your \u201csilent flute\u201d to \u201cMount Pleasant\u201d in order to \u201cmake feet for children\u2019s stockings\u201d or present your \u201ccredentials\u201d to the \u201cNetherlands\u201d for some \u201chorizontal refreshment\u201d and you would still be playing the same old in-and-out game employing penis and vagina for procreation. In other words there is no \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>one correct<\/strong><\/span>\u201d way of saying it. Things are going to become even more complicated if you wanted to describe specific copulation \u201ctechniques\u201d. The Kamasutra describes 64 types of sexual acts while its Japanese equivalent, the Shijuhatte (\u56db\u5341\u516b\u624b) lists 48 sexual positions.<\/p>\n<p>Next time you are with your significant other you may want to check out the ekiben (\u99c5\u5f01) style. On the face of it, it translates to \u201cstation lunch\u201d, but is also a euphemism for sex in the standing position. The story goes that female vendors of bento (\u5f01\u5f53, lunch boxes) would occasionally entertain travelers with \u201chorizontal refreshment\u201d too; the verticality of it being necessitated by a lack of time and space.<\/p>\n<p>Having now delved on sex and lunch boxes, it\u2019s only natural to dedicate a few words to the box tie, the bread-and-butter tie in shibari. In Japanese it is called either takatekote (\u9ad8\u624b\u5c0f\u624b) or gote (\u5f8c\u624b).<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t entirely inconceivable that a Western person unfamiliar with Japanese shibari terminology may feel compelled to \u201ccontribute\u201d his or her (educated?) opinion on that matter. To a certain extent this isn\u2019t dissimilar to having an Asian person who doesn\u2019t speak Scottish trying to teach others the \u201cproper\u201d word for pussy used in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Should someone (again) try to draw you into a discussion about the definition of takatekote versus gote, just mention that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>there is no one single truth or true word<\/strong><\/span> to be found, just as there is no one single correct way of tying, or bondage, or shibari, or kinbaku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If we are to believe lexicographer Jonathan Green you could introduce your \u201csilent flute\u201d to \u201cMount Pleasant\u201d in order to \u201cmake feet for children\u2019s stockings\u201d or present your \u201ccredentials\u201d to the \u201cNetherlands\u201d for some \u201chorizontal refreshment\u201d and you would still be playing the same old in-and-out game employing penis and vagina for procreation. 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