Sensual Artwork Installed in 1300-Year Old Temple

[garuda]

“Ikemen Kanno Emaki” (イケメン官能絵巻), or Scroll of Handsome and Sensual Men, is a series of artworks that were installed earlier this year at Kokujoji Temple in Japan’s Niigata prefecture.

 

Established in the year 709, the temple is believed to be the oldest in the region. And yet it, along with many other temples dotted across the land, has been plagued by a decline in visitors. So in an attempt to drum up interest, particularly among young women, head priest Kotetsu Yamada decided to invite Tokyo-based artist Ryoko Kimura to create the scrolls.

 

 

 

 

News article

 

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Artist's Page

Edited August 7, 2019 by garuda

[Kimochi]

We will not know. Just spread the news to reach more people who are interested and flock over 

[Guest 小熊叔]

Meh, still the soft images of oriental men. 

I prefer the virile, muscular western gods 

Neptune