Exhibition No.014
Nippon Danji

Artist

Goh MISHIMA

三島 剛

Master of homosexual erotic art of the Showa era. His main theme is the masculinity of young japanese men (Nippon Danji), wich imaginary includes short hair cuts, fundoshi (traditional japanese male undergarments), Irezumi (traditional japanese tattoos), japanese swords and seppuku. It is said that Yukio Mishima himself gave him his stage name: Gou Mishima.