{"product_id":"sadao-hasegawa","title":"Sadao Hasegawa","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHasegawa work is notable for incorporating Japanese, Indian, South-East Asian and African mythology, combined with  depictions of hyper-masculine men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeauty 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  managed by Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, where the artist’s estate is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sadao Hasegawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e color, paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027466895616,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/sadaohas1.jpg?v=1758170931","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/sadao-hasegawa","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}