四/Shi (2017) by Jamie.Man published on 2018-07-23T09:29:17Z Ryoko Aoki, Noh Seiko Takemoto, Cello With text by 伊藤晴雨/ Itō Seiu and Japanese Death Poems. The Tokyo-born artist and writer Itō Seiu (伊藤晴雨), whose experimental work transformed Edo period ‘four tortures’ method, as recorded in kujikata osadamegaki (公事方御定書) into erotic art is often referred to as ‘the father of kinbaku’. Juxtaposing Itō Seiu’s own words with three Edo period death poems, 四 / shi is an ode to the complex beauty of contradiction, superstition, tradition, submission which empowers, bondage which liberates and pain which brings pleasure
