Tattoo: The Iconography of Japan

In recent years, the number of ukiyo-e tattoo designs, or tattoo designs using ukiyo-e motifs, has increased, and ukiyo-e are becoming more popular among tattoo lovers. This title presents a number of original artists such as Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Toyokuni Utagawa, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Yoshiiku Ochiai, Kunichika Toyohara, and Yoshitora Utagawa, as well as tattoo designs inspired by ukiyo-e motifs such as Shinto and Buddhist deities, animals, plants and yokai.

208 pages. Full colour.

10.1" x 7.2" (25.7 x 18.2 cm). Softcover.

Bilingual Japanese English text.