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Eikoh Hosoe

(Yonezawa, Japan, 1933 - )

Barakei #32

1961 (printed 2006)

Selenium toned gelatin silver print

7 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (20.1 x 30.2 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Knight Purchase Fund for Photographic Media

2006.165

© 1960 Eikoh Hosoe / Courtesy of amanaTIGP

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Hosoe’s best known series is Barakei (Killed by Roses), a wild yet poetic portrait of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. A celebrated intellectual, Mishima wanted to be seen as a “man of the body.” These prints, too, are non-traditional, incorporating montage, multiple exposures, bleaching and other manipulation.

Keywords
Black and White
Photography
Face
Japanese
Male
Flowers
Male