Hara‑Kiri n°105 (Juin 1970) is one of the most unmistakable examples of the magazine’s early‑70s absurdist photographic satire. During this period, Hara‑Kiri specialised in taking everyday instructions, household tips, or agricultural advice and twisting them into surreal, shocking, and humorous visual metaphors.

The cover shows an adult model’s lower back with numerous mushrooms glued or staged to appear as though they are “growing” directly from the skin.

The visual gag supports the headline:

“Cultivez les champignons”(“Grow mushrooms”)

This is pure Hara‑Kiri wordplay: take a simple, harmless piece of advice — the sort usually found in domestic magazines — and reinterpret it in the most literal, grotesque, and absurd way possible.

In 1970 this style of humour represented the magazine’s rebellion against bourgeois taste, instructional culture, and the rise of “expert advice” publications.