Studying Horiyoshi III: A Westerner's Journey Into the Japanese Tattoo

Studying Horiyoshi III: A Westerner's Journey Into the Japanese Tattoo
ISBN-10
0764329685
ISBN-13
9780764329685
Category
Art
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Limited
Author
Jill Horiyuki Mandelbaum

Description

Picking up where Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo left off, join Horiyuki as she studies the art of Japanese tattooing with Master Horiyoshi III. Jill "Horiyuki" Mandelbaum takes you on a very candid firsthand account of her exploratiion. Follow her through text and over 270 color photographs into the studios and home of Horiyoshi as well as the shrines and temples of Japan. Offering a bold, new, and very Western perspective to studying the Japanese tattoo, this book is a must have for anyone interested in tattoo arts and cross-cultural study. With a foreword by Takahiro "Horitaka" Kitamura, this book also features never before published photos of tattoos by Horiyoshi III.

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