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Meet the Japanese artist who specialises in vaginas

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Japanese artist Rokudenashiko, whose pseudonym translates to good-for-nothing kid, is disturbed by the stigma that surrounds the vagina.

Rokudenashiko wrote in an email to the Huffington Post that she had no idea what her vagina should look like, as she thought that her own was abnormal.

Rokudenashiko, who underwent a controversial procedure known as vaginal rejuvenation, in which a woman's labia, hymen or both, are surgically reshaped, to make them look smaller.

After the operation, she thought about her disconnect with her own body and decided to demystify the vagina with a series of works called 'Deco-Man.

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First Published: Jun 28 2013 | 3:25 PM IST

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