While the book made Miyazawa a legend, the aftermath was difficult.
Shinoyama, by contrast, faced little censure. He continued as a celebrated auteur. The gendered double standard is stark: the male artist is praised for his "vision"; the female subject is punished for her "exposure."
In 1991, Rie Miyazawa was an absolute cultural juggernaut. Managed aggressively by her mother, Mitsuko (famously known as "Rie-mama"), she spearheaded the late-1980s bishōjo boom. Miyazawa was the top commercial model in Japan, holding highly lucrative endorsement contracts with nine major corporations simultaneously. She represented an idealized, innocent, and untouchable standard of female beauty. The Provocateur Photographer