Hajime Takeda

Takeda Hajime (武田 肇), born 1943 in Tokyo, is a 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). He also publishes a magazine series called Ganymede: The magazine of Ganymede Society, which includes prose and poetry about boylove. The series has been going since 1994 and now has over 50 issues.

More famous works

Title Translation Publisher Release date 『半ズボンの神話』 Legend of the Shorts 第二書房 1972 『少年たち』 Boys 第二書房 1973 『稚児のメルヘン』 Chigo fairytale 第二書房 1973 『少年聖歌隊』 Boychoir 東京音楽社 1987 『ガニメデ』 Ganymede 銅林社 1 Apr. 1994~present

Books for sale

Occasionally books can be found for sale at online auctions. Many of his works are also available at the Japan National Diet Library. http://bungaku.cocolog-nifty.com/barazoku/2005/07/post_bc3f.html