First edition ofDeath Book byToshio Saeki (2023)
This is the fourth inBaron’s Death Book series
First impression
Large format hardback in new condition
Comes with a dust jacket
Published by Baron
About
The fourth edition of The Death Book is dedicated to Japanese artist, Toshio Saekis (1945- 2019) archive of rarely published illustration work, that explores scenes of violence, brutality, horror and what lies beneath the surface of Japanese culture.
Saekis work is notable for combining traditionalShungaandYkaistyles with elements of Western art and ischaracterised by eroticism, death and gore, questioning Japaneseideology and expansionism. Historians often describe Saekis work as being closely related to theJapanese cultural phenomenon Erotic, Grotesque, Nonsense (ero, guro, nansensu).
The book also contains an introduction by historianEuphemia Franklin.
