Shoji Oki
Oki (沖) family name, Shoji (渉二) first name (1922-2018)
Shoji Oki is a popular 20th century SM illustrator whose works were published in a variety of SM magazines.
Activities
Illustrator
Alternate Names
沖 渉二 (Japanese), Shyoji Oki (alternate spelling).
Biography
1922: Oki is born on April 16th in Sumiyoshi, Hyogo Prefecture, but is raised in Osaka.
1940(c): Oki attends Ichioka high school[※ 1].
1945(c): After post-war demobilization, Oki enrolls in the Occupation Forces design department[1]. He studies oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).
1947(c): Oki begins working as a western style sign painter[1].
1951: Oki illustrates Kondo Amatoria in the Nov 1951 issue of Kitan Club.
1953: In the spring, Oki’s illustrations start to appear in “1,001 Nights” magazine[1][2][3]. His work also appears on the cover.
1958: Through Genzou Ariyoshi's introduction, Oki illustrates Toshiyasu Sawa’s “The Mermaid and the Dagger.”[1]
1980(c): Starting in the 1980s, Oki gains fame in other arts.[2]
2012: Shoji Oki celebrates his 90th birthday with “Shoji Oki’s Original Art Exhibition ‘Raucus Party of the Imagination (Orgia).’”
2018: Shoji Oki passes away.
Interesting points
Toshiyuki Suma introduced Shoji Oki to Oniroku Dan some time around 1972.[2]
Selected Works
- Whips, Buttocks and a December Wind (Fuzoku Kitan February 1961: 48. Illustrations)
- Rope and Woman Picture Collection (Misaki Shobo, December 1970. Compiled by Tankikai)
- Ko Minomura. Flesh Hell (Joy Comics, 1977)
- Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)
- Lewd Picture Gallery of Private Forbidden Rope (MyWay Publishing, 2008)
Image Gallery
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kuroda News @ Customs Book Lounge
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)
- ↑ Genzo Ariyoshi was editor-in-chief at that time.
References (※)
- ↑ Ko Minomura. “Rope Friends’ Record, Part 2. The Originators of ‘Kitan Club.’” Kinbiken News #5 Aug 1990. Print.
