Publisher/芳賀書店

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"World of Japanese Tattooing (With OBI)" supervised by Tadashi Iizawa, known as a Japanese playwright and novelist, and Katsunari Fukushi, who was said to be a "tattoo expert" for the second generation. This book is a collection of works published by Haga Shoten in 1973, and is a book that focuses on the aesthetic and pictorial artistry of "tattoo". The first half introduces the works of 14 engravers through photographic illustrations, the middle half introduces the nishiki-e (color woodblock prints) by Kuniyoshi Utagawa and others, which are like sketches for tattoos, and the second half introduces the history and culture of tattoos by Iizawa and Fukushi.・A large book of more than 250 pages containing texts from a design and medical point of view. A book that explores "tattoo" in detail with illustrations and text is very valuable, and to respond to the high artistic evaluation from Europe, world-famous illustrator and graphic designer Aki Uno The binding and layout by Ryo are also very beautiful works. First edition published in 1973. Comes with an obi.