Eikoh HOSOE 細江英公
(b. 1933, Yamagata, Japan)

Eikoh Hosoe is one of Japan's notable post-war photographers and filmmakers. Hosoe's photography is often collaborated or linked with his artist acquaintances, the series Bara- kei (Ordeal by Roses) was created in 1962 with the famous writer Yukio Mishima as a model, and the series Kamaitachi was created with dancer Tatsumi Hijikata as the model in 1969. Hosoe has received the Royal Photographic Society's 150th anniversary special medal, for his work as a photographer who has made a lifetime contribution to art, in 2003. He has also been awarded the title of Japanese Person of Cultural Merit (2010) and many others.