Wari

Alternate Name(s)

わり、割

What is "Wari"

"Wari (わり)" is the concept that Chimuo Nureki attaches a high value in Kinbaku. "Wari (わり)" has meanings of "ratio (割合)", "measurement (採寸)", "balance" and so on. Chimuo Nureki believes that authentic kinbakushi must have a sense of "Wari (わり)". It may be difficult to explicitly define the sense of "Wari (わり)", but he often said that "so many women, so many ways of kinbaku". If the kinbakushi has a sense of "Wari (わり)", he/she can instinctively find the best ratio, length, balance or strength of Kinbaku for the bottom to draw the beauty of kinbaku. Chimuo Nureki often stressed in his lecture that "this position of Nawa is very important. If the Nawa had been 1 mm off from the point, that would completely kill the beauty of Kinbaku."