Analysis: nude at cemetery

Kishin Shinoyama, famous nude photographer, was investigated by police for taking indecent pictures in Aoyama cemetery.

Policy say they won't question whether the pictures were indecent, but the place he took photos was appropriate. Because cemetery is public place.

Nude on the street or the park is obscene. Because they are public. Nude on the beach or in a bath are not indecent. Even if they are public it is just normal people undress in such places. Nude in studio is OK because it's private, nude under the cataract in the mountains is OK. Because others hardly see even if it were public and it is natural to undress under the cataract in spiritual practice.

So publicity won't be the only reason if the place is appropriate. In this case whether the cemetery is appropriate for nudity. That's a question.

It is hard to determine whether it's obscene or not if they are involved in sacredness, spirituality of the place. Admitting that the cemetery is sacred, is nudity against the sacredness in the first place? Nudity is often associated with sacredness in some traditional festivals. And nudity is often thought as a symbol of spiritually purified state.

I think we can meet souls in cemetery. We are not supposed to see human bodies in cemetery. We'd better not try to see human bodies in cemetery. Whether they are undressed are out of the question. I mean we don't see naked women in cemetery even if they were there. I think it's hard to judge the cultural nature in the eyes of criminality.