Toshio Saeki Book Published By Baron - First Edition

Please Knock is pleased to present the fourth edition of The Death Book, dedicated to Japanese artist, Toshio Saeki’s (1945- 2019) archive of rarely published illustration work, that explores scenes of violence, brutality, horror and what lies beneath the surface of Japanese culture.

Saeki’s work is notable for  combining traditional Shunga and Yōkai styles with elements of Western art and is characterised by eroticism, death and gore, questioning Japanese ideology and expansionism. Historian’s often describe Saeki’s work as being closely related to the Japanese cultural phenomenon ‘Erotic, Grotesque, Nonsense’ (ero, guro, nansensu).

The book also contains an introduction by historian Euphemia Franklin. 

Book Condition: New
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 76
Size: 11'' X 12.6''
Publisher: Baron Books
First Edition