Eikoh Hosoe - Ba Ra Kei

With Mishima as a model, Hosoe created a series of dark, erotic images centered on the male body. Killed by Roses or Ordeal by Roses (Ba-ra-kei, 1961-1962) The series, set in Mishima's Tokyo house, positions him in melodramatic poses. Mishima would follow his fantasies, eventually comitting suicide by seppuku in 1970, this book is the first Western edition of that extraordinary collaboration between a visionary genius and a brilliant photographer.