A striking work by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe, this piece belongs to his iconic collaboration with writer Yukio Mishima, blending surrealist imagery with themes of beauty, death, and the body. The re-edited version of the original *Barakei* series revisits Hosoe's darkly theatrical vision, in which Mishima's body becomes a canvas for exploring eroticism, classical aesthetics, and existential tension. The work stands as a landmark of postwar Japanese photography, merging literary and visual art into a hauntingly visceral meditation on flesh and mortality.