![]() ![]() I learned and understood that there were many people like me, and that helped me accept my own homosexuality. Doing some research, I found books of cultural anthropology and cultural studies. At the time, there was very little information on homosexuality. ![]() ![]() Tagame Gengoroh : I really came to grasp with the fact that I was homosexual when I was between 15 and 18 years old, between the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s. ![]() Xavier Guilbert : So then, when did you realize you were homosexual ? Tagame Gengoroh : Yes, there are very few places where gays can meet in public and broad daylight. In Tôkyô, I was aware of the gay district in Shinjuku 2-chôme, but apart from that, homosexuals seemed pretty much invisible. On TV variety or talk shows, you would sometimes see extravagant transvestites on display, but with no context. (Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.Xavier Guilbert : I spent five years in Japan, but I wasn’t aware of the existence of a gay culture there. Produced by veteran "Japanist" Anne Ishii and filmmaker Graham Kolbeins, the book also contains sixteen full-page color illustrations. Featuring intense, explicit, over-the-top scenes of BDSM among hypermasculine men, The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame is a must-have for Tagame fans, as well as fans of bear cultures in general. This first English paperback edition includes ten short stories dating from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, with an introduction by celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White, as well as an essay and new jacket design by acclaimed novelist and graphic designer Chip Kidd. Known as "The Tom of Finland of Japan," Tagame is celebrated around the world for his groundbreaking work, noted for its masterfully crafted imagery and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance. The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, a new edition of the artist's first English-language collection. ![]()
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