Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory and Transition

Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory and Transition image
ISBN-10:

0764321420

ISBN-13:

9780764321429

Author(s): McCabe, Michael
Edition: First Edition
Released: Nov 23, 2004
Publisher: Schiffer
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
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Description:

Japanese men have been marked by tattoo artists for the past 300 years. Todays urbane Japanese youth continue the tradition, proudly creating and wearing this ever changing art form. Over 530 breathtaking color photos display a vast range of Japanese tattoos, from traditional full-body forms repleat with classical images steeped in symbolism, including Horimono, to modern One-Point style, heavily influenced by the cultures of the West.\nThe fascinating text provides a glimpse of Japans youth culture and recounts, through personal interviews, stories of Japanese masters of the tattoo art, including Senseis Horihide, Horiyoshi III, Horitoshi I, Horiyasu, and Horikoi. Readers will see some of the most intricate tattoo art in the world, while traveling through time from the 19th century Edo Floating World to the busy streets of modern Tokyo.












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