Hajime Takeda
Takeda Hajime (武田肇), born 1943 in Tokyo, is a poet and photographer who has published many photo books featuring young boys and boy choirs. His works are particularly popular among Japanese boylovers (少年愛者）. Once someone asked him why he took a boy's photo, and he answered, "because he's cute." (ref: p8 of ganymede issue, issue number unknown) He also publishes a magazine series called Ganymede: The magazine of Ganymede Society which includes the work of many different poets. It includes Mr. Takeda's many poems, tankas, and essays, and the subject is almost always about boy love. Occasionally the magazine has included the photos of Gloeden and Gugilelmo Plushchow, including a brief biography on each photographer. (cite: volume 57) As of December 2016, the magazine is currently on it's 60th issue.[1] [2]
Works of interest
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Chigo Fairytale and inclusion in Barazoku, Japan's first gay magazine
Takeda's works were included in Barazoku, Japan's first gay magazine. According to Bungaku Ito, the creator of Barazoku, " フィクションの小説、読物なら少年が登場してきても、これは法の対象にはならない。だからぼくは廃刊前の『薔薇族』誌上では、少年の好きな人々への読物をずっと載せ続けてきた。しかし、残念ながら復刊後の『薔薇族』はぼくの主張は通らず、少年愛者向けの読物はまったくない。" 伊藤文學 "Fictional stories and reading material featuring boys is not against the law. Therefore, before Barazoku stopped being published, I published reading material that boy lovers would enjoy. However, unfortunately for the reissue of Barazoku my requests did not go through, and there is nothing for boy lovers in the reissue." -Bungaku Ito [4]
Where to read
While the books are rare, they may be found at online auctions and many are freely available to those over 18 at the National Diet Library in Japan. Tokyo branch holds the most books, though other books can be found at different branches. Check their catalog at https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/ for more information.
Translation segments
(Need permission first) Translations by Hikari-Again.
==Die Wiederkehr der Philosophen== young philosopher's club In 2009,
