“(NSFW) Paintings by Tetsuya Ishida!!”

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(Translated and Arranged by Saya)

A translated 2chan thread!



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Some of his famous works 


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Surrealism?


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Wow…Cool…


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Creepy paintings.
Look how bored they all look.


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Is he mentally sick or what??

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By the way, Ishida passed away at the age of 31 in a train accident.
Some people think it may have been a suicide.


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You regularly come across his artworks on horror picture threads.
I quite like them.


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I feel like I can understand this but then I don’t.


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Keep going~ I like them 

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There’s more to come!


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Brainwashed Students
Subjugated corporate slaves


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Impressive

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I sort of get what he is trying to convey but I’m still confused. LOL


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I particularly like those ones where men are confined inside boxes and stuff


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Slaves of a controlled society who cannot make independent decisions about their lives

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Aren’t these mostly about some claustrophobic dreams that the artist had himself? 


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Alright! I have run out of pictures, so I end it here.
The collected works of Tetsuya Ishida is available in books, so you should look it up if you are interested.



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Good job! 
I’m not surprised if he committed suicide, if he kept on painting such things.


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It was very enjoyable.
But I wonder why I feel so depressed?


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You might have heard of Lost Generation Strikes Back which is the book Hanzawa is based on. 


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This is the artist Tetsuya Ishida himself 



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WTF the men in the paintings are all him LOL


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Tetsuya Ishida 

Born  June 16, 1973 
Died  May 23, 2005 (age 31)

Graduated from Musashino Art University in 1996

He wanted to go to a high school which specialised in art, but his parents were strongly opposed to it and he was forced to go to an ordinary high school instead. 
He was said to have suffered from much emotional pain from this.


Among his friends at university was Isamu Hirabayashi, the film directer, with whom he once worked on some projects together.

While seeking employment, he took a job interview at one design company, but he was rejected, leading him to embark on his career as an artist.


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His subject matters often involve young men fusing with everyday objects such as plastic bags and toilets. 

The young men he depicted all look alike, and they resemble the artist himself, but he denied that it was him in the paintings. 

He died after he was struck by a passing train at a level crossing, in May 2005.


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After his death, in 2006, one of his paintings “Untitled “ was auctioned off as at Christie's Hong Kong "Asian Contemporary Art,” and sold at 780,000 HK dollars ( about 12 million yen) .

In 2009, Purple Japanese Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to Ishida's parents. 


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All the information has been taken from Wikipedia.




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It feels so weird how all these paintings are obviously self-portraits yet he denies it.


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This really got me interested in his paintings.
But I would never dream of buying a book of his collected works. 


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A vision without dream or hope


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Now I feel anxious


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Comments

Saya In Underworld said…
Hello, wonderful horror lovers!

I hope you enjoyed this post! I think they are very interesting paintings!
I just hope they won’t end up giving you nightmares ๐Ÿคฃ✨

I will take a break for the next three weeks, because right now I have something important which requires my full attention! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ⭐️
But I will be back on Saturday 9th September! I promise! With even more amazing stories ~ !

Thank you so much as always for visiting my blog!
Much love and take care ~ ๐ŸŒธ✨ Don’t forget to enjoy life!
Aeri chan~ said…
From what i see,i think most of them conveyed how stressful work culture in Japan(especially salaryman,maybe) . Somehow i can feel his frustration and the deniality..too bad he's gone too soon. Ahh what am i gonna do 1 month without Saya-San stories :'/...
Saya In Underworld said…
Yes, exactly! But I think Japan is changing. Younger people nowadays are not loyal slaves to their companies ๐Ÿ˜†⭐️

I think he shouldn’t have died so early! It’s a real shame that he didn’t live to see this changing society!

Oh๐Ÿฅบ I’m sorry but I will come back with amazing stories! I will start translating while I’m on the break so I can come back with good quality stories!

Thank you so much for your comment ๐Ÿ’–
allucinator said…
No. 16 is such a mood.
Anonymous said…
I feel many people are like this when they are at work sitting in front of a laptop ~ ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ⭐️
George V said…
Freaky and but very interesting! Thanks Saya!
Unknown said…
wow! thanks for introducing his artworks to us. his works remind me of how i feel every morning before going to work ๐Ÿ˜‚ it's just sad that he died at an early age. he might even paint things at are consuming people nowadays, if he's still alive
Saya In Underworld said…
I’m happy to know that you liked it! Thank you so much always for leaving comments ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒธ
Saya In Underworld said…
You’re very welcome ~ ๐Ÿ˜Š⭐️

Oh! I think this artist was making those artworks on behalf of everyone who is fed up with their jobs!๐Ÿคฃ⭐️
Everyone deserves to have a job that they happy with!

Exactly! I wish he didn’t die early like that! ๐Ÿ˜ญ He had so much to offer for the world!

Thank you so much for your comment ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒธ
DekaX-313 said…
96ใฎORZ... ๆœ€ๅˆใซ็ฌ‘ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ‘ใฉ。。。ใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใจ่ฆ‹ใŸใ‚‰ใ™ใ‚“ใ‚“ใ‚“ใ‚“ใ‚“ใ”ใๆš—ใ„ใงใ™。。。。ใ†ใ‚~~~

All thoughts I had about it being the character's typical Monday morning went down that drain.

Keep that entertaining darkness unsheathed Saya :)
Love the site since always.
Anonymous said…
ไธๆฐ—ๅ‘ณใงๆ€–ใ„ใงใ™ใญ!๐Ÿคฃ✨
ใŸใ—ใ‹ใซorzใฎๅฝข!
Creepy and scary indeed!

I hope one day we can live in a society where everyone looks forward to Mondays! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ⭐️

I Will Be Back!!! With amazing dark stories ~ ๐Ÿ˜Š❤️
Thank you so much for being a fan of my blog!!!⭐️


Steeple said…
honestly i didnt think these were obtuse, since im familiar with surrealism. conveying feelings through fantastical themes is very common. i like these works a lot! you can really feel the frustration and resignation in a lot of them... and also in some, a kind of peace. zenlike, yknow? i think it reflects how we take so many of these draining jobs for granted. resignation to the alienation of labor.

i think my favorite is the one with the tracksuit pants boy and the radiator man. it looks like a couple family members taking a nap, but also its a radiator drying off and warming up damp clothes. its a sweet kind of parallel! hanging out with family gives warmth; a radiator loves the clothes it warms.

it's strange to think im older than this man when he died. those kinds of accidents are always really tragic. thank you for sharing saya!
SAYA said…
Oh I had to look at the radiator picture again! I had never looked at it closely until you mentioned it, because I was just too busy posting ๐Ÿ˜†✨

It is a sort of heartwarming picture! Not harrowing like the rest๐Ÿฅฒ

You’re welcome and thank you for all your comments!๐Ÿ˜†๐ŸŒธ