Murata Ken'ichi (村田兼一) was born in 1957 (year 32 of the Showa era) in Osaka, Japan, and is a singular, provocative photographer of the contemporary Japanese erotic scene.
From October 8 to 12, 2026, Tokyo hosted the photo exhibition “The World of Yukimura Haruki: 10 Years After His Death,” devoted to the kinbaku (緊縛) master Yukimura Haruki (雪村春樹), who had died a decade earlier. The show was organized and curated by his son, the photographer Higurashi Keisuke (日暮圭介), and was split between two venues.