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JAPANESE TATTOO,THE (FELLMAN)
The Irezumi are a secretive group of people drawn from the underworld of Tokyo and Osaka. To meet these men and women - who had chosen to have themselves transformed through tattooing into living works of art ? was difficult. To gain their trust and persuade them to bare themselves for an American woman and a huge Polaroid camera was an essay in cultural contradiction. The unstinting effort has produced an extraordinary collection of photographs, which at once document a cultural phenomenon virtually unknown in the west (and in Japan as well) and reveal a tradition of artistry and dedication that knows no national boundaries. Colour 112 Pages
The Irezumi are a secretive group of people drawn from the underworld of Tokyo and Osaka. To meet these men and women - who had chosen to have themselves transformed through tattooing into living works of art ? was difficult. To gain their trust and persuade them to bare themselves for an American woman and a huge Polaroid camera was an essay in cultural contradiction. The unstinting effort has produced an extraordinary collection of photographs, which at once document a cultural phenomenon virtually unknown in the west (and in Japan as well) and reveal a tradition of artistry and dedication that knows no national boundaries. Colour 112 Pages