Go Hirano

Go Hirano
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Erotic 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]

See also

• Homosexuality in Japan

References

1. 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.