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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Michael McCabe is a Master,
By Wrangler Jane "art_groupie" (New York F*in City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Japanese Tattooing Now!: Memory And Transition, Classic Horimono To The New One Point Style (Paperback)
Michael McCabe is by far one of the finest cultural anthropologists our generation has seen. His experience as a professional tattooist and his ability to tell a wonderful story make his books both relevant and enjoyably readable---which is not always the case with the THOUSANDS of published books that are supposedly about the tattoo culture.
I buy EVERYTHING and ANYTHING with his name on it, and I've never been disappointed.
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Great collection of Japanese Tattoos and artists,
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This review is from: Japanese Tattooing Now!: Memory And Transition, Classic Horimono To The New One Point Style (Paperback)
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Must Have Book,
This review is from: Japanese Tattooing Now!: Memory And Transition, Classic Horimono To The New One Point Style (Paperback)
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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