Barbarities #4

Tsuta Suzuki's Barbarities reaches its fourth volume with a cover that radiates opulent charm — two elegantly dressed figures pose together against a garden stairway, one holding a bouquet of white roses while light blue ribbons wind playfully between them. The tall, fair-haired figure in a star-spangled cape and the dark-haired companion in a richly embroidered red coat make for a striking, almost theatrical pair. If the earlier volumes of this series caught your eye, Volume IV promises more of Suzuki's lush period-inspired aesthetic at its most refined.