Our review:Item Description: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 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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Buyer Testimonials
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Great collection of Japanese Tattoos and artists
What a show stopper: when I brought it in as a guide, nearly everyone at the tattoo shop had to come around to see this book. All of the tattooists were impressed by it.
I'll start with the cover; by far the most deceiving part of the book. In no way does it convey the feeling of the book, nor does it even match the design of the inside images and contents. It almost looks like it was taken from another book (or it is the author's girlfriend.) Either way, once you open the book and view some of the amazing images inside the book, you will agree that the cover is cheesy and needs to go.
The images are a little inconsistent, but then again, they kind of have to be due to the nature of the book. It looks like there were numerous photographers, and many sources from which they got these pictures. I think some of them look like a camera phone took it (for example, pages 36, 38, 58, and cover.)
The back story of the artists is worth the read. Some are hilarious while others are a bit enlightening, especially about Hardy and Jerry and others that are the pioneers of our era. I had no idea purple ink was such an exotic luxury.
Anyway, get this book; you will not be disappointed.
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Must Have Book
If your looking at getting a Japanese style tattoo but want to do research on the culture first this book is a must have! I bought several Asian history/tattoo books to learn the history first and this was one of the most helpful book! It goes from the tradtional japanese tattoos to the new Western style Japanese tattoos
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Great Surprise
Great book. I was surprised by the depth of the content. It turned out to be more than just a picture book of Japanese tattoos, which was really all I'd expected. It's full of terrific photos, but also provides a lot of information on the tattoo artists and the tattooing sub-culture in modern Japan. Anyone into tattooing, Asian art, or Japanese culture would love this book.
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McCabe comes through again!
Beautiful tattoos in both eastern and western styles, done by Japanese artists. If Mike puts his name on a book, you can pretty much trust that its going to be a winner.
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JAPANESE TATTOOING NOW BY MICHAEL McCABE
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JAPANESE TATTOOS THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. GREAT PICTURES AND VERY INTERESTING TEXT.