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Top Literature - Barazoku |
 | | Barazoku (薔薇族), which ceased publication in October of 2004 due to bankruptcy, was one of Japan's oldest and longest running monthly magazines for gay men. |
 | | A typical issue of Barazoku had approximately 300 pages, including several pages of glossy colour and some fl and white photographs of younger, fit men in their late teens and twenties (these photographs were censored in accordance with Japan's rules, which require the obscuring of genitals and pubic hair). |
 | | First published in 1971, Barazoku was known as a trailblazer for other gay publications and a leader in Japanese gay culture, boasting celebrity fans including Akihiro Miwa, a drag queen rumored to have been a lover of famed author Yukio Mishima. |
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