{"product_id":"sadao-hasegawa-art-book-hc","title":"SADAO HASEGAWA ART BOOK HC","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBaron is pleased to present the first posthumous book by Japanese artist Sadao Hasegawa (Jan 1945- Nov 1999), dedicated to Hasegawa’s rarely\u003c\/span\u003e-\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epublished archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHasegawa work is notable for incorporating Japanese, Indian, South-East Asian and African mythology, combined with homo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-erotic depictions of hyper-masculine men, in acts of BDSM.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeauty, eroticism and death are \u003c\/span\u003erecurring\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e themes in Hasegawa’s work\u003c\/span\u003e; he\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was inspired by Nobel Prize nominee Yukio Mishima. After Hasegawa’s suicide in 1999, his family \u003c\/span\u003ewas\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e going to dispose of the artists archive but discovered a portrait of Mishima painted on a stone, accompanied \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e a note requesting that the works \u003c\/span\u003ebe\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e bequeathed to Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, where the artist\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es estate \u003c\/span\u003eis\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhilst gaining acclaim in queer publications in the USA and Europe, with critics historicising Hasegawa’s work as an influence on contemporary Japanese queer culture, and the gay manga genre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHasegawa's works have not been widely recognized\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e his only book is the highly collectable Paradise Visions (Kochi Studio, 1996).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book also includes an essay by Dr Thomas Baudinette, author of Regimes of Desire: Young Men, Media and Masculinity in Tokyo (University of Michigan Press, 2021) and is designed by Sam Boxer, Art Director of Gut Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e76 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardback Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst edition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BARON","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40455608074294,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/products\/ScreenShot2022-10-05at3.46.15PM.png?v=1665009988","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/sadao-hasegawa-art-book-hc","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}