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R.I.P. Toshiyuki Arai
Artist Toshiyuki Arai departed this life on 10th September 2010. I wish to express my sincerest sympathy. He was only 35 years old. He was an artist who was expected to have a very successful future. He was my friend before he was an artist. One time we drank together until the early morning when […]
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Photos from Hideki Koh’s ‘O-shibe’ exhibition
Hideki Koh has just finished his latest exhibition, and some photos from the exhibit are here for you to see. Mr. Koh is known as a painter among overseas people although he has also been creating dolls of young guys in recent years. As these dolls are quite artful, they are very popular. Although the […]
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Introducing Sawara
Sawara is a freelance designer. In his work, he produces not only illustrations, but also a wide range of things including websites, DTP, banner advertising, flash animations and manipulated photography. He says that when he was enchanted by the beauty, fetishism and eroticism of men, he went into that world and started creative activity to […]
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Introducing Kei Otani
Kei Otani started his career with gay magazines in 2001. He has been publishing his works at exhibitions since then. Although he has not produced illustrations regarding gays for several years, he has started again little by little. There is a thing that he is most aware of in producing of works, which he describes […]
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Interview with Itetsu Ogura
Figure and illustration artists Itetsu Ogura recently gave us a few minutes of his time to discuss his approach to his works. What was the initial motivation for producing figures? I wanted to give my gay friend something handcrafted as a birthday gift. I then produced a first three dimensional work in the motif of […]
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Interview with Moriuo
I recently caught up with Moriuo and asked him a few questions. I love his art, and hope you do too. What made you begin to draw gay illustration? When I applied for a competition which was for the readers of a gay magazine, I sent the postcard that I drew an illustration on. Because […]
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Introducing Joey
This time, I would like to introduce Joey from Taiwan. Joey has lived in Japan where he contributed ‘Otokoe’ to the magazine G-men several times while he stayed in Japan. After returning home, he has continued to be active as a gay illustrator in Japan, holding an exhibition at Tac’s Knot. The feature of Joey’s […]
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The Collection of Ito Bungaku
I have managed to obtain many works of Bungaku Ito. All of them were published in Barazoku. I also have a more than 100 piece collection of works by Go Hirano as well as 3 works by Kanji, 6 original works of early Sadao Hasegawa (which are the big interest of the collection), 7 works […]
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Kujira art for sale
We obtained original artworks of the cartoonist Kujira who has been active in magazines like Samson and G-men. We cannot display his artworks to the public as there are various terms and conditions decided by the magazine publishers. However we have produced a special album that consists of his artworks for sale. If you are […]
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Introducing Seiji Inagaki
Seiji Inagaki writes about hermaphroditic boys with a very delicate touch, all and every line of his works is very beautiful. When speaking about boys the first name which comes to mind is Hideki Koh, but Seiji Inagaki has quite a different way of view, very fascinating. This is why I want to introduce his […]