The Japanese photographer Ken-ichi Murata is a sensational new discovery. The pretty Japanese girls in his hand-coloured black-and-white photographs transport us into the erotic fantasy worlds of a Japanese artist who is inspired by thousand-year-old traditions and sexual rites. Murata enchants us w[...]
Presents photographs which illustrate an image of the hime: an ancient Japanese word which can denote both a feeling of awe and a yearning for women.[...]
A title, in which, Beauty and Eros lead toward each other and simultaneously enhance the fairy-like charisma of Murata's 'princesses', whose exposed vulvas gleam unabashedly.[...]