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language of the rope terms.
04:17 Apr 19 2010
Times Read: 823

•agura: cross-legged position (seated lotus position)



•asa or asanawa: traditional Japanese bondage and torture rope made of hemp



•dojo: literally, “Place of the Way,” or place of learning (e.g. a school)



•dorei: slave



•gakko: school



•gei: artistic skill



•gyakuebi: Japanese hog tie



•hojojutsu: traditional style of military incarceration and torture used in feudal Japan by samurai and police



•jujun: submissive



•kaikyaku kani: crab leg



•karada: “body”, refers to torso/body bondage



•kikkou: tortoise shell body harness



•kinbaku: (noun) bondage



•kinbaku-bi: commonly referred to as the art of erotic/sensual Japanese rope bondage (a concept formed in the early 20th century)



•kotori: suspention bondage



•mata nawa or sakuranbo: crotch bondage (the cherry)



•musubime: knot



•musunde: tying a knot



•nawa: rope



•nawashi: “a maker of rope;” (general) rope bondage artist; (purist) rope bondage artist whom utilizes solely natural (traditional) forms of bondage, including wood beams and hemp rope (e.g. no metal or synthetics)



•nawa sensei: master/teacher of rope bondage



•nawa shibari: (noun) rope-tying with a rope (an incorrect, “made-up” term, does not exist in Japanese)



•sensei: “One who has gone before” (e.g. teacher/master)



•shibari: (noun) to tie or to bind with a rope



•shibaritai: a top indicating his/her desire for bondage action



•shibararetai: a sub indicating his/her desire for bondage action



•shibaru: (verb) tie or bind with a rope



•shinju / mune nawa: breast bondage (the pearls)



•tori: one who demonstrates an action or technique



•tsuri: “to hang”, partial rope suspension



•uke: passive partner in the demonstration of technique (e.g. the bottom)



•unsui: “cloud and water,” means “seeker of truth” in Japanese (e.g. student)



•ushirote munenawa: arm and chest bondage

this week's words of the days
06:09 Apr 12 2010
Times Read: 840

Word of the day is just that, "OF THE DAY" not the week, if you do not come on the website for a week you miss assignments. If you do not do the assignments you receive a zero.





This means you have not completed all assignemnts and you can not move to the next level until you have. Even if you complete the assignments LATE you still recieve a zero.



Monday -

Souzon-imagination

My souzon gets carried away a lot of the time.



Tuesday-

Kanpeki-perfect

We are never kanpeki, but we must strive to be so.



Wednesday-

Ga Wakarimasu - I understand

Ga Wakarimasu that my Mistress only wishes the best for her household.



Thursday-

Watashino misu mou -my mistake

I apologize for watashi no misu mou of wrong mindset.



Friday-

mou takusan desu - thats enough

When my little and older brothers argue, I always say mou takusan desu and they stop to continue, but in a discussion instead.

Word Exam (due April 15th and 16th)
01:55 Apr 11 2010
Times Read: 852

vocabualry Exam - Due April 15 or 16th 2010

Posted by okasan ~ myimako at 11:30 AM on April 10, 2010 comments (0)



It is time for another vacabulary exam, the words can be found on the chalkboard or the lores glossary.



The Vocabulary EXAM will be on Thursday and Friday of next week. April 15 and 16, I am posting the words all EXAMS will be completed on Thursday or Friday not before. I expect you to study their definitions.





MUST BE COMPLETED ON TIME.



1. SOUZON (souzou) - imagination

2. KANPEKI - perfection, short temper

3. ONNA NOKO - girl

4. OTO KONOKO - boy

5. DARE - who

6. ITSU - when

7. DOKO - where

8. EMBUJO - Place for the practice of music, singing, dancing and used as a theatre for performances.

9. GIOMEYASU - excuse me (kyoto dialect)

10. KITSUKITSU-kannin-dosue - i am sorry

11. SHOKU - employment

12. BOSHUU - recruiting

13. OHAYO GAZAIMASU - good morning

14. KONBANWA - good evening

15. SAYONARA - good bye

16. ARIGATO - thank you (informal)

17. HANAMACHI - district of Geisha

18. OKIYA - Geisha house

19. ONIISAN - Older brother

20. ONESAN - Older sister

21. SAKURA - cherry blossoms

22. SUI - refined taste and gracefulness

23. TABI - socks made to be worn with geta shoes

24. UTA - song

25. ZORI - sandle-like footware

Assignment from the Language of the Fan Dance Lesson 1 - due 04.10.2010
18:13 Apr 07 2010
Times Read: 857




Completion Date - 4/10/2010 absolutely NO exceptions - you will recieve a zero if not completed.





First Assignment of the night –





enter the class room correctly –





Opening shoji doors – Okasan is dressed in a pale lavender Kimono, accented with pink cherry blossoms.



The obi she is wearing is also pale in color by pink; her hair is pulled pack in its usual bun accented with a silver comb, ordered by pink cherry blossom.



Arriving at the shoji doors to the Hanayagi she slips from her geta sandals into the slippers waiting by the doors.



She slowly reaches to open the shoji doors, because the room is empty) with her right hand she paces on the wooden frame of the door with her left hand she crosses over her right and slides the door open slowly.



She then elegantly passes through the door.



As each apprentice enters the room they will practice opening the doors and closing them,



(The door later will be closed by the youngest shikomi sister and this does not mean in age)



Okasan silently slips to the front of the room, and lights the lanterns that illuminate the darkness.



She smiles as she can see the fresh flowers on the small table, it is her wish to always have fresh flowers here for her apprentice.









2nd Assignment of the night -







Steps of the Parasol Dance



I expect each apprentice to practice the following dance moves, do so in front of a mirror, remember do so with grace and elegance, one way of doing this is to practice first with your black or red scarf and then replace it the fan.



We will begin our lessons with the fan, and then as you have learned the movements we will replace the fan with the parasol.



Kabuki. The song played during the dance is called Mikado (a song in 4/4 time). Is originally a fan dance which you will learn later.



Costume: Bright colored Kimono, a parasol (umbrella), and Japanese wooden shoes.



Counting used in the dance: one two, to a measure: one, two, three, four, for two measures Basic steps used: Shuffling steps



Formation: In groups of four facing the audience. The open parasol is held with two hands over the head, the hands holding the handle at chest level



I. A) Starting with the R foot, execute shuffling steps forward. DIP the fan down in front of you, (in front of left leg. opened all the way, then with fan SOAR it over your head.



II. B) With shuffling steps turn around in place clockwise. DIP the fan once more and then THEN SORE WITH A FLUTTER MOTION over your shoulder.



III. Repeat (b) turning counterclockwise. Transfer fan to the L shoulder. d. Turn right about and repeat Swoop the fan overhead. Finish facing front.



IV. Repeat (b) and (c).



V. a. Step R sideward (ct 1), step L close to R foot (ct 2), bend knees slightly (ct 3), straighten knees (ct 4). Bend the head slightly to the right side, fan resting on the R shoulder (do not turn) b. Repeat (a) to the left side, starting with the L foot. Transfer the fan to the L shoulder (ct 1-4) c. Repeat (a) and (b) d. With no.1 leading, execute shuffling steps moving clockwise. Spin fan and then swoop on the R shoulder (8 cts) e. Turn right about and repeat (d) counterclockwise. Transfer fan to the L shoulder.



VI. bend forward and drop on knees. Place the fan behind. On floor completely closed bend trunk slowly forward until the head touches the floor (obeisance) (8 cts) b. Raise the trunk slowly and take fan with both hands and place it in front (8 cts) c. In kneeling position, sit on the heels (Japanese Fashion). Raise the head and look around the now open fan at the right side (4 cts) and to the left side (4 cts) d. Repeat c.



Dip – Bring the fan down in front of specific leg in a fluid motion.



Soar – Bring fan up in a fluid motion above specific shoulder.



Flutter – Like a butterfly.



Steps of the Parasol Dance:



I.Music A. Starting with the R foot, execute shuffling steps forward. Twirl the parasol overhead. b. With shuffling steps turn around in place clockwise. Twirl the parasol over the R shoulder. c. Repeat (b) turning counterclockwise. Transfer parasol to the L shoulder. d. Turn right about and repeat (a) going to proper place. Twirl the parasol overhead. Finish facing front. e. Repeat (b) and (c).



II.Music B a. Step R sideward (ct 1), step L close to R foot (ct 2), bend knees slightly (ct 3), straighten knees (ct 4). Bend the head slightly to the right side, parasol resting on the R shoulder (do not turn) b. Repeat (a) to the left side, starting with the L foot. Transfer the parasol to the L shoulder (ct 1-4) c. Repeat (a) and (b) d. With no.1 leading, execute shuffling steps moving clockwise. Each group makes its own circle. Twirl parasol on the R shoulder (8 cts) e. Turn right about and repeat (d) counterclockwise. Transfer parasol to the L shoulder.



III.Music C a. All bend forward and drop on knees. Place the parasol behind. Bend trunk slowly forward until the head touches the floor (obeisance) (8 cts) b. Raise the trunk slowly and take parasol with both hands and place it in front (8 cts) c. In kneeling position, sit on the heels (Japanese Fashion). Raise the head and look around the parasol at the right side (4 cts) and to the left side (4 cts) d. Repeat c.



IV. Music A a. Each girl rolls her own parasol around self clockwise (4 cts) and counterclockwise (4 cts) b. Roll it in front to sideward right (2 cts.) and to sideward left (2 cts) c. Repeat (b) d. Repeat (a) and (b) e. All take parasol and stand up with the R foot first (4 cts)



V. Music B All face right, holding parasol with two hands at thigh level (top toward the audience, handle toward the rear). a. Execute shuffling steps forward, twirling parasol clockwise (4 cts) b. Turn left about, repeat (a), parasol top toward audience, (4 cts) c. Turn right about. Repeat (a) and (b) d. Execute shuffling steps forward to form a square, each girl occupying a corner, facing a common center. e. Turn around in place clockwise (2M) and counterclockwise (2M) as in figure I (b) and (c). Finish facing the center. f. Turn around in place as in figure I (b) twice (8 cts). Finish facing proper places. g. Repeat (a) going to place. h. With no.1 leading each set turn once, clockwise and then exit. Use shuffling steps throughout, twirling the parasol on the shoulder.







Final assignment of the evening -









When you have completed the practice, then I want you to log back in, and exit the Hanayagi properly.

New Assignment - Storytelling #2 - due 4/9/2019 (word count 1098)
12:35 Apr 04 2010
Times Read: 869

The Geisha of Japan know how to tell a tale by dance or conversation

So this is your next assignment to tell a story, one that is 1000 words long, it is the story of a geisha, who learns from her Danna the Art of submission. Tell His story.

This Assignment is DUE 4/9/2010. (UK 5:59AM)

If you post this assignment any later than 11:59 PM you will lose 10 points for every day it is late. We now have a grading system and all assignments have been posted in that system.

Remember this is a submissive Hanayagi, so use your imagination, think how you would have wanted to be introduced to this lifestyle, and bring those thoughts to life.



~~~~~~~~~~~~



He often goes to the tea houses, and brings with him a few friends to enjoy the company of Geisha. He was a well-known business man who dealt with business in the states every once in a while. He had enough money, he knew, to support a Geisha well, should he find one. He was very selective, however, for his unique intrerests are not just for any Geisha. He seeked one who was submissive in nature, not just because she was trained. He seeked one who he knew would enjoy the intricite pleasure of pain.

It was in an older tea house in which he found this girl. She was a young Geisha indeed, one who probably just got out of being a maiko. Her face held calm and gentleness, her lips a small smile. She wore a simple kimono, for she was doing a tea ceremony, for his friends and he, being the main guest, was the person she first drew her attention too.

He watched her elegant movements, her precise actions, her perfect balance. He watched her expression behind her mask; of which she hid well. Her eyes, like glass tiger's eyes themselves, shined brightly off the soft glow of the light in the room.

When she had made the tea, he took her offer and drank of it, after turning the bowl to admire the beauty. He then decided at that moment, that she was the Geisha he wanted. She had the discipline, the submission, the heart, the mind, the soul for being his. He thought then, of the western's view on Geisha, that they were prostitues. It was not true, but he could not help but think of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series of a courtesan, so beautiful, so intelligent, she was the best well known augestiutte and courtesan, as well as a spy for her own Master.

He always wanted a Geisha that had such a mind as Phedre's, as well as the ability to feel pain and pleasure as one. Just like with Phedre, it would be a curse and blessing.

A Geisha is known to keep secrets of business, this is why they were always so welcome to meetings. Their own trained minds are good for discussion. This girl, in particular, was his Phedre, without the sexual intentions. She could still seduce any she wished, of that he was sure. She would still have the mind of intelligence, the fiery heart beneath her gentleness, the determined soul to please her Patron.



It did not take long for him to send her a gift of a kimono, a blue furisode kimono for formal places, like important nights in tea houses. He visited her once a week, gave her a place, and gave her more kimono. She seemed pleased enough with his gifts to her. In this, in the time spent with her, he could see the submission burning deep within her. He knew soon, she would be ready to be told the truth, be told of what he would wish of her.

It was after a few more meetings with his friends, when he took her to his place for tea, and there, he told her of this desire.

As he told her, he saw her sense of intrigue strong, her submissive self rising to the idea. He did not explain that like Phedre, she would be experiencing pain and find it pleasurable.

A few weeks later, again, after a meeting in a tea house amongst his friends, who all also became regular clients of hers, he took her to a small unmarked building. His wife knew what was going on, and she was happy that he had found a Geisha whom he liked well. She had helped set up the room in the building so all would be prepared, for he hadn't the time earlier today. He was planning for a trip to the states that would take a few weeks to plan, which, was what time he had.

When he lead her into the room, she was quite surprised to see what was laying there. He mostly would use the cane on her, he figured, at least at first.

The next few weeks, he saw her grow more and more into her submission, and stronger in her strength of mind, her new aura shining seductively and mysteriously, the sweetness still there in her eyes. Her movements were even more refined, though they were perfect even when he met her. Her dances were more alluring and made all go into trance at her mesmerizing sway. He became proud of her abilities, and saw other men desired her so much, more than any other Geisha he has laid his eyes on. He knew back then that he chose well; he knew now that he chose perfectly.

It was the next day in which he called off the meeting with his friends and she, for a surprise. His deal went well with the americans and their business.

He went to a tea house that a Geisha was selling, and asked her to speak with him. She smiled as they walked down the street to another tea house. She needed it off her hands, for she decided to go live in the states with an american. The price for it was reasonable. Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw her across the street, fans in hand, but once he looked again, the Geisha had disappeared.

A few days later, he went to the home he bought for her, a note on the door, saying that his special Geisha was now back at the Okiya. Worried that she over-reacted, or felt bad for the missed meeting, for he never missed or was late to one before, he wrote her a note explaining what he had done, and found one of her Onesans to give it to her Okasan of the Okiya, so that way she would get it.

It was not too long, when the girl met him again, a soft and loving smile on her lips. It was the first time he saw such a smile from her, and he was very pleased that she was happy. He felt the feeling of being such a proud Danna of his submissive girl, his now very successful girl that he patroned. That night, he gave her a beating for having a slight doubt despite the note, then lovingly caressed her face, the closest to a sexual encounter as they would have, and in her eyes saw again her submission grow bright within her.

New Assignment - Storytelling - due 4/9/2019 (1157 word count)
06:16 Apr 04 2010
Times Read: 874

The Geisha of Japan know how to tell a tale by dance or conversation

So this is your next assignment to tell a story, one that is 1000 words long, it is the story of a geisha, who learns from her Danna the Art of submission. Tell her story.

This Assignment is DUE 4/9/2010. (UK 5:59AM)

If you post this assignment any later than 11:59 PM you will lose 10 points for every day it is late. We now have a grading system and all assignments have been posted in that system.

Remember this is a submissive Hanayagi, so use your imagination, think how you would have wanted to be introduced to this lifestyle, and bring those thoughts to life.



~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOT FINISHED!



She sits in the tea house, her role both Geisha and teishu, at ths hour. Two guests enter the room from following her. She smiles gently, for no words were to be spoken. Everything was brought in, and everything set. The main guest tonight, there was word that he would be this Geisha's Danna from her okiya.

She gracefully takes the chaki out of the chawan...



It was so long ago, when she had met her Danna, it seemed. It was at that tea ceremony, after it was finished, and talk of the ceremony was concluded, when he spoke to her of his proposal.

He had stayed after the others left that day, and he allowed her change into another kimono, not the Iromuji kimono from earlier, but now a furisode kimono, of french ultramarine blue, with the design of flowers and clouds, the obi red and white. It was so far her best kimono.

He looked at her in it, as she sat in seizan, before bowing low to him, her fingers a triangle on the floor, her nose just barely touching the floor.



But now? Now he was here, and he taught her more than one could suspect a Geisha to know. She has been a strong-minded, conversational Geisha enough, a submissive to her Okiya. But he taught her, a way of submissiveness that she was lucky to ever know, for now though she was still independant, she would not wish to ever see him go. She would be needing him in her life. She would be lost without him. She had her sisters in the Okiya to keep her company, but this man who became her Danna, fulfilled her like no other. He took care of her, sponsored her with beautiful kimono of red, blue, white, silver, peach, green, orange, black, and gold. He paid off her debt of schooling to the Okiya, where she is always welcomed back should she need a home, and gave her a seperate home from his, though close by. His authority as not just her Danna, but her love drew her to be submissive in a different way.

Though being a Geisha owned her life, he owned her heart and he amused himself with her mind, her talents. He need not even ask to have these things, though, others paid dearly for her company to a party.

Love brought on this submission, not just training. The girl wanted to serve him, to the point that she would have left her life as a Geisha, just for him. Though, he had a wife, whom he revered, he always sought her company, for although wives were wives, they were mostly a breeding toy, and Geisha were the very definitions of beauty, grace, wit, and love.

He taught her of a story of the Kushiel series, in which beauty, intelligence and talent was most prized in the land of Terre D'Ange. He spoke of her of this girl, Phedre, who was not only a courtesan, but a spy, who had to fulfill her debt and finish her marque, a symbol put on the backs of the servant of Namah. Phedre was what was called an augestiutte, a person who felt pain and pleasure as one. It reminded me, that Geisha, in order to please others, and to live the way they did, pain and their lives went hand in hand. He explained to her, that maybe, he would teach her to be more like Phedre, not in the sexual sense, for that was not the way of a Geisha, but in all other ways; more rounded in anything than before. There was also a gift he wanted to give her; the ability to feel pain and pleasure as one, to submit to the torture he gave, though sweet it was. The Geisha accepted with an interest; pain has been her life, but it would be nice to learn to take pleasure from it.

He would see her at least once a week, in which he would take her to a small little unmarked building in a back, and there, that was where he would teach her what he wanted of her. Soon, her submission became not just from her art, but from her very soul, heart, and mind, the things he owned of hers.

She could remember the lashes she got from the cane, but no marks laid upon her skin to remind her. Her heart pleaded for both the pain and the pleasure, her body relished the feel, her soul feeling whole as he Dominated her with his wishes. Though, he never gave any sexual demand for any price.



A few months has passed, and the girl was so needing to submit, submitted more to her work, submitted more to her Danna, submitted more to her determination to be the best she could be. She studied even harder every day, to please and honor her Okiya and her Danna.



One day in which she was scheduled to meet her Danna with a group of his friends, she recieved a message from Okasan, saying that he had cancelled the meeting for today. She sighed in sadness, wondering at the situation, for her Danna never missed or was even late for a meeting with her.

She decided to spend the day shopping for a new set of fans, needing new ones for a special event that was scheduled but a few weeks hence of now. Her kimono would be the blue furisode that she had first obtained from her Danna, for he was to be there that night, after his trip to the states for business.

It was then, that she saw her Danna with another Geisha, the elegant lady smiling a smile of happiness. She turned away, knowing that her Danna would not decide to no longer sponsor her; she had enough trust in him for that.

So, she ended up back to her house, to find a note, this time from one of her Onesans of her Okiya. In reading it, her thought that she just doubted in her head made a liar out of her. She sighed in more sadness, and went inside to pack her things. It didn't take long to do so.



Back at the Okiya, she spoke with Okasan, a sweet lady who was concerned for her daughters. Okasan smiled gently, in her beautiful nature, and handed another note, this one came from her Danna himself. In reading this note, she saw that he had not stopped sponsoring her, but that he simply made a good deal in business, and would like to make her a patron-gift of her own tea house and another place to live, closer to it.

The young woman smiled with happiness for she had not lost faith in her Danna. She trusted him with her heart, mind and soul; her submission. She knew always that she was right in doing so.