Go Hirano
Go Hirano | |
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| Known for | Erotic illustration |
Go Hirano (平野剛) was a Japanese homoerotic fetish artist. Hirano, along with Go Mishima, Sanshi Funayama, and Tatsuji Okawa, is regarded by artist and historian Gengoroh Tagame as a central figure in the first wave of contemporary gay artists in Japan.[1]
Biography
[edit]Very little information is known about Hirano, as his works were submitted to his editors anonymously.[2][3] His illustrations are noted for their realist art style, and often featured masculine men with body hair.[1]
In the 1960s, Hirano was published in Fuzokukitan, a fetish magazine that published gay content alongside straight and lesbian content.[1] His art appeared in Barazoku, the first commercially circulated gay magazine in Japan, from the 1970s through the 1990s.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Tagame, Gengoroh, ed. (December 19, 2003). Gay Erotic Art in Japan Vol. 1: Artists From the Time of the Birth of Gay Magazines. Pot Publishing.
- ↑ Kolbeins, Graham (May 22, 2013). "Illustrations by Go Hirano (平野剛)". Gay Manga!. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Go Hirano". Japanese Gay Art. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ Tagame, Gengoroh. "平野剛 Go HIRANO". History of Japanese Gay Erotic Art. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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