Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi) continues her usual knowing, tongue-in-cheek antics.
You can now rent Japan’s most controversial erotic personality, nicknamed the “vagina artist”.
Following her first manga book, she is now offering a “rental” service where you can hire her for certain periods of time. This is obviously a playful take on the boyfriend and girlfriend and other “companion” rental services in Japan (not escort services — there are plenty of those too).
Arrested for making artworks based on her own genitalia, Igarashi is currently fighting the Japanese state’s censorship while enjoying international attention, including an upcoming tribute show in Hong Kong.
Rokudenashiko, Igarashi’s artist name, means “no-good girl” and she riffs on this on her page advertising the service.
She lists her “skills” as being able to “hear complaints”, “eat well”, “talk on Skype”, “drink with you”, and “draw your portrait”. But she also says she cannot read between the lines, has experience of divorce and arrest, and is “not very useful”.
The service costs ¥5,000 ($41) for 30 minutes. Quite steep, yes — but it is time spent with Japan’s most provocative artist today!
