Eikoh Hosoe
(Yonezawa, Japan, 1933 - 2024, Tokyo, Japan)
Barakei #29
1962 (printed 2006)
Selenium toned gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 9 in. (31.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Knight Purchase Fund for Photographic Media
2006.164
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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
JapaneseBlack and White
Castle
Surrealism
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Photography