The Tattooed Body in Japan. Prints on the Skin.
Gallimard| N° d'inventaire | 21483 |
| Format | 19 x 24 |
| Détails | 160 p., illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782072786556 |
New updated and expanded edition of the work published in 2000 under the title: Brocade Skin. The Tattooed Body in Japan Through its history and aesthetics, Japanese tattooing, remarkable for the richness of its iconography, the balance of its compositions, and its refinement in detail, is unique in the world. Through a historical and anthropological approach, literary references, and interviews with master tattooists over the past thirty years, a popular art emerges, placed within the social history of the archipelago. The "brocade skins sometimes covering the entire body, characteristic of traditional art, have little in common with the small-scale tattooing that is enjoying growing popularity among the younger generation of Japanese. Young tattooists today draw inspiration from the work of lineages of masters going back two or three generations but nonetheless dissociate themselves from them through their practice, their iconography, and their state of mind.
New updated and expanded edition of the work published in 2000 under the title: Brocade Skin. The Tattooed Body in Japan Through its history and aesthetics, Japanese tattooing, remarkable for the richness of its iconography, the balance of its compositions, and its refinement in detail, is unique in the world. Through a historical and anthropological approach, literary references, and interviews with master tattooists over the past thirty years, a popular art emerges, placed within the social history of the archipelago. The "brocade skins sometimes covering the entire body, characteristic of traditional art, have little in common with the small-scale tattooing that is enjoying growing popularity among the younger generation of Japanese. Young tattooists today draw inspiration from the work of lineages of masters going back two or three generations but nonetheless dissociate themselves from them through their practice, their iconography, and their state of mind.