Product Description

This text offers a treatment of the history, symbolism, and social function of tattooing in Japan, from its earliest beginnings to the present day.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #869531 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

Customer Reviews

Richly illustrated hisory of a hidden world
There are very few books on the tradition of irezumi and this book opens the door to a very secret and hidden world. It explains the begins of irezumi/horimono (tattooing) and the developments of this tradition right up to the present day. This book allows the outside world a well informed view of a secret way of life. The photographs are stunning, showing tattoo procedures and various scenes of tattooed people in temple locations, bathhouses etc. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of Japanese Tattooing.