Eikoh Hosoe, known for his aesthetic photographs of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, died last week in a Tokyo hospital due to an adrenal gland tumor, his family said Wednesday. He was 91.Hosoe, whose works have been exhibited worldwide, including in the Museum of Modern Art, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Photographic Society of Japan in 1963 for his photo collection "Barakei"(Ordeal by Roses) featuring Mishima. Hosoe died on Sept. 16.Born Toshihiro Hosoe, the native of Yamagata Prefecture in northeastern Japan entered what is today's Tokyo Polytechnic University and joined …READ FULL ARTICLE
