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Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory and Transition
Michael Mccabe
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Description for Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory and Transition
Paperback. Today's Japanese youth continue a 300 year tradition of tattooing, proudly creating and wearing this ever changing art form. Over 350 breathtaking colour photos display a vast range of Japanese tattoos, from tradtional full-body forms repleat with classical images steeped in symbolism, and others influence by the cultures of the West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 538 color photos. BIC Classification: AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 888. Memory and Transition: Classic Horimono to the New One Point Style. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFY. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 15. Weight: 884.
Japanese men have been marked by tattoo artists for the past 300 years. Today's 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. The fascinating text provides a glimpse of Japan's 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 ... Read more
Japanese men have been marked by tattoo artists for the past 300 years. Today's 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. The fascinating text provides a glimpse of Japan's 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
887g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764321429
SKU
V9780764321429
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About Michael Mccabe
Michael McCabe is a tattoo artist and cultural anthropologist who has published extensively about tattooing in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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