Artist Who Makes Objects That Look Like Her Vagina Charged In Japan

By
TSB News
-
4

Megumi Igarashi pictured with the frame of a kayak she created modelled on her own vagina

A Japanese artist who makes objects such as phone cases, kayaks and picture frames shaped like her own vagina has been charged with distributing ‘obscene’ data. The charges follow Megumi Igarashi’s arrest this month after she raised funds online to pay for a genital-shaped kayak which she made on a 3D printer.  The 42-year-old was first arrested in July, but was freed after several days following a legal appeal and after thousands of people signed a petition demanding her release.

Igarashi creates a range of products that look like her vagina, including these picture frames

But Tokyo police arrested her again this month — along with sex shop owner Minori Watanabe, 44, also a writer and feminist activist, for ‘displaying (Igarashi’s) obscene goods in her shop window’. Ms Watanabe, whose boutique is aimed at women, was later freed after prosecutors failed to persuade a judge to sanction extended questioning.

Two phone cases created by Igarashi that are made to look like her vagina

Takeshi Sumi, Ms Igarashi’s lawyer, said: ‘We don’t agree with the prosecutors’ contention at all.

 ‘We will continue pleading not guilty on behalf of Igarashi, who argues her works are not anything obscene.’
The Japanese court approved her detention, as prosecutors said they feared she would destroy evidence if released, according to Sumi.

Comments are closed.