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Grantham Asian Art & Ceramics Sale (#240221GA) 24/02/2021 10:00 AM Closed

Starts Ending 24/02/2021 10:00 AM GMT

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Lot 178A Japanese lithograph, of a young man with an elaborate tattoo to his back of an actor in traditional costume from the series "Mishima Go Book of Young Men", signed Mishima Gô (1921-81), circa 1972, 41cm x 27cm. Tsuyoshi Mishima, who worked under the name Mishima Go, was one of the first contemorary gay artists of Japan. He contributed illustrations to "Barazoku"(The Rose Tribe), the first commercial gay magazine in Japan, published by Daini Shobo in Tokyo in 1971. Dissatisfied with the bishônen

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Lot closed - Sold For:£550

Grantham Asian Art & Ceramics Sale (#240221GA) 24/02/2021 10:00 AM Closed

Starts Ending 24/02/2021 10:00 AM GMT

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  • A Japanese lithograph, of a young man with an elaborate tattoo to his back of an actor in traditional costume from the series "Mishima Go Book of Young Men", signed Mishima Gô (1921-81), circa 1972, 41cm x 27cm. Tsuyoshi Mishima, who worked under the name
  • A Japanese lithograph, of a young man with an elaborate tattoo to his back of an actor in traditional costume from the series "Mishima Go Book of Young Men", signed Mishima Gô (1921-81), circa 1972, 41cm x 27cm. Tsuyoshi Mishima, who worked under the name - 2