{"product_id":"sadao-hasegawa-published-by-baron","title":"Sadao Hasegawa published by Baron","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"title\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBaron is pleased to present the first posthumous book by Japanese artist Sadao Hasegawa (Jan 1945- Nov 1999), dedicated to Hasegawa’s rarely-published archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e76 Pages\u003cbr\u003eHardback Book\u003cbr\u003eW200 x H250\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHasegawa work is notable for incorporating Japanese, Indian, South-East Asian and African mythology, combined with homo-erotic depictions of hyper-masculine men, in acts of BDSM.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauty, eroticism and death are recurring themes in Hasegawa’s work; he was inspired by Nobel Prize nominee Yukio Mishima. After Hasegawa’s suicide in 1999, his family was going to dispose of the artists archive but discovered a portrait of Mishima painted on a stone, accompanied by a note requesting that the works be bequeathed to Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, where the artist’s estate is today.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\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, Hasegawa's works have not been widely recognized: his only book is the highly collectable Paradise Visions (Kochi Studio, 1996).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePress: \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/14183\/the-radical-revolutionary-homoerotic-art-of-sadao-hasegawa-baron-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAnOther Magazine \/ \u003cem\u003eThe Radical, Revolutionary Homoerotic Art of Sadao Hasegawa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Baron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43015275872500,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1164\/0022\/products\/SadaoHasegawaimage.webp?v=1656897241","url":"https:\/\/www.distalphalanx.com\/ja\/products\/sadao-hasegawa-published-by-baron","provider":"distal phalanx","version":"1.0","type":"link"}