Artist Rokudenashiko (or Rokudenashi-ko), popularly known as the "vagina artist", has been charged following her arrest earlier this month. While writer Minori Watanabe was recently released for displaying the model of female genitalia in her adult shop in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi), who was arrested at the same time, has now been indicted by the police after 21 (!) days being held without charge. This means her case will go to trial, which is always a long process here. Whether she is found guilty or innocent (Japan has a 99% conviction rate!), at the very ...

Rokudenashiko (or Rokudenashi-ko), the "vagina artist" arrested in the summer for distributing 3D data of her pussy, has been taken into police custody again, promising to reignite what became an international sensation about female rights and censorship. This time her "crime", says Tokyo Reporter, was another vagina selfie artwork, though sculptural this time rather than photographic. Megumi Igarashi -- Rokudenashiko's real name -- was arrested with a writer called Minori Watanabe. Rokudenashiko, an artist name meaning "Good-For-Nothing Girl", has previous made a series of ...

Japan's current cause célèbre has ended in a victory for art, personal liberty and eroticism with the release of self-proclaimed "vagina" artist vagina artist Rokudenashi-ko/Megumi Igarashi from police custody. She was arrested earlier this week for using Campfire to raise funds for a project involving making a 3D printing of her own genitals. “I have always stuck to my artistic principles,” she said. She wants to to revolutionize Japanese society's taboos on depicting and talking about female genitals. Now she's famous for getting arrested, perhaps she has a better chance! It ...

Artist and manga-ka Megumi Igarashi is not afraid to shock, in spite of her innocent smiles. After all, this is a young woman whose artist name is Rokudenashi-ko (Good-for-nothing girl) and who calls herself a "deko-man" (decorated pussy) artist, a "pussy columnist" and who is a member of the "Japan Genitalia Art Association". She held a solo show in May in Shinjuku that was a quite a talking point online, not least for its colorful pictures of vaginas with faces. She also claims to have made the world's first 3D "pussy boat" (or is it a kayak?). And this is where the trouble ...