Ordeal by Roses: The Astonishing Artistic Collaboration Between Mishima Yukio and Photographer Hosoe Eikō

Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #34, 1961. (© Hosoe Eikō)

Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #5, 1961. (© Hosoe Eikō)

Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) # 16, 1961. (© Hosoe Eikō)

Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #29, 1961. (© Hosoe Eikō)

The large-format edition of Barakei, designed by Sugiura Kōhei and published in 1963. (Courtesy of Shūeisha) 

The new edition of Barakei, designed by Yokoo Tadanori and published in 1971. The box containing the collection of photographs opens to reveal a Buddhist-influenced, Indian-style picture of Mishima.