SURI

I learned of the existence of the Mendako for the first time in my life at an aquarium. It is a deep-sea creature that is very difficult to keep and few aquariums keep and exhibit it for long periods of time. The mendako is so delicate that it will die if you just point a camera at it, and it has a...

I learned of the existence of the Mendako for the first time in my life at an aquarium. It is a deep-sea creature that is very difficult to keep and few aquariums keep and exhibit it for long periods of time. The mendako is so delicate that it will die if you just point a camera at it, and it has a very lovely, cute expression. Also, the life of a female, called a "girl," is short and fleeting in its cute and lovable period. Mendako Girl expresses these two cute and lovable qualities. The cute pop character goes back in time to the Edo period. An ukiyoe by Utamaro Kitagawa transforms Mendako into Mendako Girl with the switch of a mendako. The fusion of the two eras gives the classic a modern world view.