Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in the Japanese Tattoo by Takahiro Kitamura

Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in the Japanese Tattoo

Takahiro Kitamura

120 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction art informative slow-paced
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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 hig...

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