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title: "Hishi (菱)"
date: 2026-10-22
author: "Sr. Interior (流庵殿)"
categories:
  - name: "Glossary"
    url: "https://shibari-dojo.online/gls-en.md"
tags:
  - name: "Yagami Ryu (鵺神流)"
    url: "https://shibari-dojo.online/tags/yagami-ryu-en.md"
  - name: "Jutsu (術)"
    url: "https://shibari-dojo.online/tags/jutsu-en.md"
---

# Hishi (菱)

*Hishi* (菱) means “diamond” (a rhombus); it is used when the ropes take on that pattern.

 Using “rhombus” or “diamond” shapes in a tie has an aesthetic component, and also a practical one, since, depending on how we build the “diamond”, it can give the structure an interesting dynamism.

 When the pattern created forms a hexagon, the terms vary: from *roku* (六), “six”, to the more poetic *kikko* (亀甲), which refers to a tortoise's shell and was very widely used a few decades ago.

 In this context, it is worth distinguishing *kikko* from another technique it is often confused with: *kame shibari* (亀縛り), literally “tortoise tie”.

 Although both refer to the animal's shell, they do not mean the same thing: *kikko* refers to the hexagonal geometric pattern, while *kame shibari* is a type of tie from classic *kinbaku*, often used by riggers such as Yagami Ren.

 A variation of this technique is the *kame shibari henka* (亀縛り變化), which applies the *kame shibari* style to the legs as an evolution of the tie known as *muri* (無理).

 The latter uses a linear counter-tension technique; by adding the hexagonal pattern typical of *kikko*, the *kame shibari henka* brings dynamism to that counter-tension, combining both principles in a single structure.


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