Japanese "vagina kayak" artist announces engagement to British musician

Japanese "vagina kayak" artist announces engagement to British musician

Photo taken July 18, 2014, shows Megumi Igarashi, a Japanese artist, in a press conference in Tokyo following her release from a police cell after being arrested for obscenity charges in connection with a crowd-funding campaign to make a kayak modeled on her own genitalia. Igarashi, who works under the pseudonym "Rokudenashi-ko" (Good-For-Nothing Girl), announced her engagement to Mike Scott, the front-man of the British rock band The Waterboys, in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Supreme Court rejects appeal by "vagina kayak" artist over obscenity

Supreme Court rejects appeal by "vagina kayak" artist over obscenity

Megumi Igarashi (R), who works under the pseudonym "Rokudenashi-ko" (good-for-nothing girl), attends a news conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2020. The Supreme Court rejected earlier in the day an appeal made by the artist against a lower court ruling that found her guilty of obscenity for distributing 3-D scans of her own genitalia to supporters in 2013 and 2014.

Supreme Court rejects appeal by "vagina kayak" artist over obscenity

Supreme Court rejects appeal by "vagina kayak" artist over obscenity

Megumi Igarashi, who works under the pseudonym "Rokudenashi-ko" (good-for-nothing girl), holds a banner reading "unjust ruling" in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on July 16, 2020. The top court rejected earlier in the day an appeal made by the artist against a lower court ruling that found her guilty of obscenity for distributing 3-D scans of her own genitalia to supporters in 2013 and 2014.

High court upholds obscenity over 3-D genitalia scans by artist

High court upholds obscenity over 3-D genitalia scans by artist

Megumi Igarashi, a 45-year-old artist who works under the pseudonym "Rokudenashi-ko" (good-for-nothing girl), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13, 2017, after the Tokyo High Court found her guilty of obscenity for distributing 3-D scans of her genitalia in front of the high court in Tokyo on April 13, 2017. The high court upheld a lower court ruling and ordered her to pay a fine of 400,000 yen ($3,700). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

High court upholds obscenity over 3-D genitalia scans by artist

High court upholds obscenity over 3-D genitalia scans by artist

Megumi Igarashi, a 45-year-old artist who works under the pseudonym "Rokudenashi-ko" (good-for-nothing girl), holds up a sign in front of the Tokyo High Court on April 13, 2017, showing the court's decision finding her guilty of obscenity for distributing 3-D scans of her genitalia. The high court upheld a lower court ruling and ordered her to pay a fine of 400,000 yen ($3,700). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo