Publisher/Rho-Delta Press

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"Otoko Photo-Studies of the Young Japanese Male (Signed)" by Japanese photographer Tamotsu Yato. After working as a male research student at the Takarazuka Revue, Tamotsu Yato belonged to Nikkatsu and was also active as an actor. Yato is known for photographing Yukio Mishima, but it was his partner, Meredith Witherby, who brought about a connection with Mishima. is. It is not clear how Yato started photography, but it seems that Witherby, who had a wealth of economic power and cultural background, had an influence on him. And Witherby established "John Weatherhill Company" and published a collection of photographs of Yato. Yato died in 1973 at the age of 48, leaving behind three photobooks, Taidou, Naked Festival, and OTOKO. This book, OTOKO, was produced by Witherby and was published by a publisher in Los Angeles, with translation and typography done by himself. Monochrome poetic e-mail nudes are recorded, and Yukio Mishima also has one illustration. Signed by Toshiaki Kurono, the master of the legendary gay bar "Chronos" in Shinjuku 2-chome.