Akira Kinoto
9 albums/55 artworks – This artist (1924 – ?) seemed to have used several aliasnames which makes it very difficult to find art and info. Names known to be related: Akira Kito, Shizuna Kubo, Takeshi Kensho and perhaps Kito Akatsuki. Kinoto was born in 1924 and started painting at the age of 17 dropped out of junior high school. In 1950 he moved to Tokyo and debuted for Uramado magazine (Uramado featured illustrated stories, articles on sexuality and nude photo galleries (both SM and vanilla). After January 1966, Uramado changed to Suspense Magazine.) The artist wasn’t interested in Sm himself, yet he managed to capture the dynamics in a very vivid way. Akira Kinoto ←