BUSHIDO Reviewed - Body Art
A tattooist himself, Takahiro Kitamura takes a deep look at the ties between tattooing and samurai ethics in modern Japanese tattoo culture in BUSHIDO. Having associated with tattooist Horiyoshi III both as a tattoo client and student, Kitamura ... [... more]
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Bushido : Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo
 THIS is the ONE to buy!: Recommended to me by a well known tattoo artist, this book truly gave me the nuts and bolts info I needed to make the big leap. Especially helpful to me were the explanations of the different areas of the body that are typically [... more]
$29.95
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Tattooing From Japan To The West: Horitaka Interviews ...
Just great: This book is excellent for finding artists or getting to know more about your favourite tattoo-artists. The book is full of beautiful artwork (tattoos and paintings) Allthough there is a lot of text (interviews). This book has been a great [... more]
$29.95
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Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-E Motifs in ...
tops on the cultural context of the japanese tattoo: Takahiro Kitamura's "Tattoos of the Floating World" is far from a be-all and end-all guide to Japanese tattoos. However, it is for the moment without peer in providing a cultural context, and [... more]
$49.95
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Tattoos from the Floating World: Ukiyo-E Motifs in ...
This unique book by tattoo artist Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka, a pupil of Horiyoshi III) discusses the art of the Japanese tattoo in the context of Ukiyo-e, concentrating on the parallel histories of the woodblock print and the tattoo. Through high [... more]
$28.00 (Save 38%)
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