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A collection of photographs of the Irezumi, a secretive group of people drawn from the Japanese underworld who have chosen to have themselves transformed through tattooing into living works of art.
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American photographer Sandi Fellman used a rare large size Polaroid camera to create these photos of Irezumi Japanese men and women who wear elaborate full-body tattoos.
Fellman treats the tattoos as artworks and their creators as artists. Her text touches on the tattooing process, common motifs, the sociology of the tattoo, and relationships between the tattoo masters and their clients. Author D.M. Thomas has contributed two pages of his reactions to these unusual and even disturbing images.
The 46 color plates in this volume, most of them whole body nudes, should prove provocative, fascinating, or repellant to a wide variety of library patrons. Kathryn W. Finkelstein, M.L.S., Cincinnati Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Features
- ISBN13: 9780896597983
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
This is a great visual reference guide for examples of traditional japanese tattoos. This book is predominantly all pictures with little commentary and text. Very good as a reference guide for those considering a japanese-inspired bodysuit tattoo.
This is true body art. The most amazing I have seen. An inspiration to anyone interested in the art of tattooing or Asian culture in general.
I purchased this book based on reading some reviews that said it had great photos. In my opinion the photos were not that great and the content was lackluster and limited. I have paged through other books and looked and websites and found better pictures of Japanese tattoos. I wish I had read a review like this so I could have saved myself some money…
This book has great images of some awesome Japanese style tattoos. As others have said, this book is great for the images alone. I would have given a 5 star rating if the author had done a better job writing. Overall this book provides what a person looking at this book would be interested in, masterfully done Japanese style body tattoos.
This book is an in-depth look at traditional Japanese tattoos, complete with lots of full page photographs. The book discusses the techniques used to tattoo as well as the history of tattoos in Japan.
Nice artwork. Large pictures, basically information of the tattoo designs, and their meanings. If your interested in Japanese artwork you will like this..
Although the pictures are old, the tattoo-work is still astonishing. A great book for inspiration if you’re like me, planning to tattoo a japanase motiv.
On the good side, Amazon service was just as great as ever in delivering this book.
On the bad side (and there are several) this book had a cheap feel about it just from opening the packaging. Reading the preface / introduction I was stunned by the insulting gibberish by D.M. Thomas as to the Japanese tattoo culture. Looking at the back cover of the book you also see the photographer holding the heads of her subjects which also feels demeaning to the Japanese men portrayed in the picture: Japanese are not very touchy and touching ones head is generally not a good thing in most Asian cultures: the impression is of a woman and her two dogs. Not nice.
Later in the book you find the photographs blurry and the picture text very poor: you could have filled these huge pages with a lot of informative and captivating text about Japanese tattoo and culture. Instead you get to read what is pretty much: “this man has a fish tattoo”.
The book is nice but some of the photos are not that great in quality. Has some nice designs, but I have to say I expected a little more of this book. Would probably buy again though.
This book is worth the price for the pictures alone. Which is good because the writing is extremely sub par, with misinformation and just wrong information. The art is wonderful but the writing is so bad that you are probably better of not even reading it.
I purchased this book for my boyfriend for christmas who happens to be an avid japanese tattoo lover. He himself has full sleeves and leg work done all in the same traditional style this book offers the reader. The pictures are beautifully done and the commentary is very intresting. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves japanese culture or body art!
If your into japanese tattoo’s this is the book to get! The ink is bad a$$ with great pictures!
this book is beautiful. thats it. thats all i have to say. its amazing. so detailed and stunning photos. great history to read as well.
This book is a great reference for tattoo artists (and other artists) or anyone that enjoys the art of Japanese tattooing. It displays full page photographs (including close ups) so you can see the detail and subject matter quite well.
great photography but more of a book for ppl who are interested in tattoos from an artistic perspective. i purchased the book b/c i wanted to use it as a model for my own tattoo art — for which it was not really that useful. still, i enjoyed looking at the pictures for inspiration.
Good entry into the japanese tattoo world. Great photos and explaination of history.
Incredible detail… great selection of images… good price for the amount of info
This is a visually stimulating book – for both the casual observer, who will probably be horrified at some of the work, and for the Tattoo Collector – who will be inspired to new heights by the glorious array of Classical Japanese Artworks presented herein. Printed on heavy stock with beautiful color separation, this is truly an important reference of the Japanese repertoire.
I was disappointed with how the illustrations were presented. The explanations were done clearly, but not a book for those who are looking for ideas for new ink.
This is an amazing book for the avid tattoo enthusiast. Anyone who knows about the art of traditional Japanese style tattooing will find this book a treasure. The book focuses on photography with a small intoduction and background on the art. I promise you will not find a greater photographic reference of the traditional Japanese tattoo.