Editing Bondage positions and methods (section)

===Rope harness===
[[File:Bondage, Gag & Blindfold.JPG|thumb|Man tied with a crotch rope.]]
A '''bondage rope harness''' (sometimes referred to as a '''bondage web''', '''rope web''', '''rope dress''', or '''karada''') is a binding which involves the tying of an intricate structure of rope around the body in a complex web-like fashion.

A rope harness is similar in effect to a leather [[bondage harness]], in that both are not in themselves normally used to bind a person, but are used to apply pressure over the area bound and can provide securing points for other bondage techniques, including [[suspension bondage]].<ref name="HK">{{cite web |title=Hishi Karada ('Rope Dress') |url=https://www.theduchy.com/hishi-karada/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127204647/https://www.theduchy.com/hishi-karada/ |archive-date=27 November 2021 |website=The Duchy}}</ref>

A rope harness uses around 10–15 m of rope to tie, and involves multiple passes of rope from front to back around the body to build up the characteristic diamond-shaped rope pattern. It typically starts from a rope halter, the double rope with four specifically placed [[overhand knot]]s falls down the body, and is pulled loosely beneath the crotch and up to the back of the neck halter. The single strands are then passed from back to front, looping into the stem or using [[Munter hitch]]es. In some cases, a rope harness may extend beyond the torso, into diamond-patterned webs that extend down the length of the arms or legs.<ref name="HK"/>

Though a rope harness is not normally used to bind the limbs, it can be used for that purpose by simply going around the arms rather than under. A rope harness can be used with a [[crotch rope]] or a [[shinju (BDSM)|shinju]] ("pearl") breast harness.

====Japanese karada====
The Japanese term ''shibari'' means simply "a tie", while ''kinbaku'' is a decorative tie; where the aim is to produce a beautiful rope pattern around the body.<ref name=lexicon/>
The Japanese term ''karada'' means simply "body". Traditionally, a distinction was made between ''kikkou'' ("turtle-shell" pattern; hexagonal) and ''hishi'' (diamond) patterned ties, although many modern sources just use the term ''kikkou'' to refer to any rope body harness.<ref name="Rope Art">{{cite web |title=Japanese Rope ARt - ibari - Kinbaku Tutorials - Nawa Dojo |url=http://www.japaneseropeart.com/RopeArt/tutorials.html |website=www.japaneseropeart.com |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531063743/http://www.japaneseropeart.com/RopeArt/tutorials.html |archive-date=31 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>