Description
| Product ID: | 9780896597983 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Japanese Tattoo |
| Authors: | Author: Sandi Fellman |
| Page Count: | 120 |
| Subjects: | Cosmetics, hair and beauty, Cosmetics, hair & beauty |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A crimson fish wrestles a man. A horned demon stares menacingly. These vivid scenes are tattoos, created in pain, incised in the flesh of the Yakuza, Japan's feared secret society of gangsters A crimson fish wrestles a man. A horned demon stares menacingly. These vivid scenes are tattoos, created in pain, incised in the flesh of the Yakuza, Japan''s feared secret society of gangsters. They are the visions of the Irezumi, the legendary tattoo artists, who spend years creating living masterpieces. Photographer Sandi Fellman describes this strange and violent world both in her text and in her stunning, large Polaroid photographs. |
| Imprint Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Publisher Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1987-12-17 |