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"Ransho Japanese Tattooing (Third Printing With OBI)" is a photobook by Japanese photographer Masato Sudo. In the 1970s, he was discovered by Yasuhiro Ishimoto, one of Japan's leading photographers, and worked as his assistant for several years before becoming a freelancer. While attending Tokyo College of Photography, he was captivated by the beauty of the tattoos covering the entire body of one of the truck drivers when he photographed a "dekotora" (decorated truck), and since then, he has been pursuing "tattoos" for over 30 years. This book is his first photobook, published in 1987 and reprinted several times. In order to remove preconceptions and prejudices about "tattoos" and express their "beauty" and high "artistic value," the heads and limbs—that is, the individual personalities and expressions of the models—are removed, and they are photographed as objects, pursuing the delicate beauty of tattoos. In addition, by utilizing the effect of a kaleidoscope, objects combining multiple models are created that brilliantly express the unique colors and three-dimensional beauty of tattoos. Foreword by Tadashi Iizawa and Donald Leach. Third printing. With dust jacket.