Killed by Roses / Barakei. Introduction by Yukio Mishma.

HOSOE, Eikoh & MISHMA, Yukio.

Published by Tokyo. Shueisha. 1963., 1963

About this Item

Tokyo. Shueisha. 1963. 4°. 43 full page photographs and 4 colour illustrations on rice paper. 100 pages. Original photopictorial cloth with original acetate dust jacket. Printed in 1500 copies. Signed by Hosoe and Mishma on the small red leave inside with the edition number. Bright and clear. Fine / near fine copy. Nahezu verlagsfrisch. *******4to. (427 x 277 mm). pp. (98). With 43 black-and-white photographs, 4 colour illustrations on rice paper, 2 gatefolds. Publisher's cloth, clear acetate jacket and printed black cardboard slipcase. In the autumn of 1961, the photographer Eikoh Hosoe, then in his late 20s, agreed to make a series of portraits of the controversial author Yukio Mishima. Hosoe visited Mishima at his home and was immediately intrigued by a marble mosaic of the zodiac in the middle of Mishima's lawn. Taking the rubber hose with which Mishima's father was watering the garden, Hosoe wrapped it around the half-naked writer (who had been sunbathing) and photographed him in various poses against the zodiac mosaic and around the grounds. They named their collaboration Barakei, "bara" meaning "rose" and "kei" meaning "punishment," although the two decided on "Killed by Roses" as the English title. An intriguing photobook, part photographic performance, part surreal portrait of Mishima as both iconoclast and self-mythologist. In his preface Mishima writes, "One day, without warning, Eikoh Hosoe appeared before me, and transported me bodily to a strange world.[a] world that was abnormal, warped, sarcastic, grotesque, savage, and promiscuous". Mishima would follow his fantasies, eventually committing suicide by seppuku in 1970. This copy SIGNED by both Hosoe and Mishima. [Parr & Badger, The Photobook I, pp. 280-1] Sprache: Deutsch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Killed by Roses / Barakei. Introduction by Yukio Mishma.
• Publisher: Tokyo. Shueisha. 1963.
• Publication Date: 1963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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