The Japanese artist
Rokudenashiko is determined, explains the tech site Kotaku, “to
break down Japanese taboos about female genitalia” by representing
her vagina in t-shirts, artworks, and kayaks (such as the
crowdfunded boat pictured to the right):
Typically, female privates are discreetly referred to as “asoko”
(“down there”), while the more descriptive “manko” (“pussy”) is
seen as far more vulgar.
To that end, Rokudenashiko employs 3D printers and molds in ways
that suddenly make
3D-printed guns almost seem passe.
All artists suffer for their art (great artists make other
people suffer). Rokudenashiko has reportedly been arrested for her
art projects. Explains Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft:
According to Mainichi
News, one of the country’s largest papers, the 42
year-old Rokudenashiko, whose real name is Megumi Igarashi, was
arrested for allegedly breaking Japanese obscenity laws by sending
3D printer data of her scanned genitalia via email to over thirty
people in Japan. (Obscenity laws are not restricted to a woman’s
genitalia, but also include male private parts as well.)
A Japanese news segment with the artist:
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