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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 180A Japanese lithograph, of two young men one with an elaborate body tattoo of carp among waves from the series "Mshima 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 art style of Bar

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Lot closed - Sold For:£600

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 two young men one with an elaborate body tattoo of carp among waves from the series "Mshima 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
  • A Japanese lithograph, of two young men one with an elaborate body tattoo of carp among waves from the series "Mshima 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 - 2