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

Saekis work is notable for combining traditionalShungaandYkaistyles with elements of Western art and ischaracterised by eroticism, death and gore, questioning Japaneseideology and expansionism. Historians often describe Saekis work as being closely related to theJapanese cultural phenomenon Erotic, Grotesque, Nonsense (ero, guro, nansensu).

The book also contains an introduction by historianEuphemia Franklin.

Artist Bio

Born 1945, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan. Saeki’sdrawings are created by using an original method called chintoprinting. This technique emphasizes the “flatness” composed of “lines” and “coloured surfaces,” and gives the work a unique character.

In recent years, Saeki has had exhibits in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Toronto, Japan, Taipei, all of them being received with much critical acclaim.

Saeki spent his later years in the mountains of Chiba prefecture, drawing, reading, enjoyingikebanaof wildflowers; treasuring and loving the activities of everyday life with his wife.

76 Pages

Hardback Book

32 x 28 cm

U.K. Import printed by Baron Books