Go Hirano
NationalityJapanese
Known forErotic illustration

Go Hirano (平野剛) was a Japanese homoerotic fetish artist. Hirano, along with Go Mishima, Sanshi Funayama, and Tatsuji Okawa, is regarded by artist and historian Gengoroh Tagame as a central figure in the first wave of contemporary gay artists in Japan.[1]

Biography

Very little information is known about Hirano, as his works were submitted to his editors anonymously.[2][3] His illustrations are noted for their realist art style, and often featured masculine men with body hair.[1]

In the 1960s, Hirano was published in Fuzokukitan [ja], a fetish magazine that published gay content alongside straight and lesbian content.[1] His art appeared in Barazoku, the first commercially circulated gay magazine in Japan, from the 1970s through the 1990s.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Tagame, Gengoroh, ed. (December 19, 2003). Gay Erotic Art in Japan Vol. 1: Artists From the Time of the Birth of Gay Magazines. Pot Publishing.
  2. ^ Kolbeins, Graham (May 22, 2013). "Illustrations by Go Hirano (平野剛)". Gay Manga!. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Go Hirano". Japanese Gay Art. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Tagame, Gengoroh. "平野剛 Go HIRANO". History of Japanese Gay Erotic Art. Retrieved November 23, 2018.


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