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This book is a highlight for all fans of tattoo, and Japan as well! Downright sensational, and uniqe up to date is a series of full-page pictures of Horikazu’s clients, presenting their full body tattoos openly and with self-confidence. HORIKAZU is an iconographical benchmark, and contains a fully comprehensive account of traditional Japanese tattooing. Functioning and techniques of this handicraft are shown in-depth. Furthermore you will experience the fascinating esthetics, and the complex conception of motifs in traditional Japanese tattoos – displayed in gorgeous photographs, from Koi to Kabuki, from Buddha to Benzaiten. More highlights come with pictures of the personal, and familial life of the master. You may visit his studio, and watch him tattoo his clients. The present selection of not previously published designs is a true rarity! The illustrous Sanja festival in Asakusa is displayed in stirring images from past and presence. Finally photographs from Horikazu’s funeral reveal another aspect of Japanese tradition, whether closest friends pay their last respects to the master. Text input from qualified authors provides access to the secretive world of images of Japanese tattoo art. Tattooists, tattoo fans and any art lover will certainly be thrilled by this unrivaled illustrated book. 29.2 x 29.2cm 492 pages more than 460 photographs and illustrations hardcover thread bound Learn More

The opulently illustrated volume "Tattoo in Japan" is an impressive book about the high art of tattooing in Japan. The book is divided into four chapters and shows the distinct styles and trends, spanning a wide spectrum from classically conservative to totally eccentric and extreme. Included are rare and beautifully documented works by traditional masters. Large format 24.5 x 31.5 cm 320 pages more than 250 photographs printed in full color hardcover thread-bound Learn More

Black Tattoo Art II: Modern Expressions of the Tribal, the second incarnation of what has been deemed the “Bible of Blackwork Tattoos,” continues the first volume’s photographic journey across the globe: showcasing the absolute best of tattoos that capture the magic of the ancient art form in exciting contemporary interpretations on the body. Within the 448 pages of this massive tattoo tome, including more than 600 images, readers will explore quite different movements in tattoo art. Everything is possible, everything is allowed: black lines, dots, plains, hand-poked or tattooed by machine. And the creative scope is just unlimited: gorgeous traditional tribals, elaborated patterns and figurative designs, to the point of completely free and unconventionally tattooed layouts. 24.5 x 31.5cm 448 pages more than 600 images and illustrations hardcover thread bound Learn More

This amazing book is a photographic journey across the globe – from Borneo to Belgium, Argentina to Athens, New York to New Zealand and beyond – in search of avant-garde tattoo art that pays homage to the ancient roots of tattooing in their contemporary interpretations. No other publication has curated the work of so many esteemed international tattooists working in black ink and gathered them into one compre-hensive volume. The journey begins with a look at the history of tattooing before featuring black tattoo portfolios divided into the following chapters: Neotribal, Dotwork, Art Brut, Traditional Revival and Thai/Buddhist. 24.5 x 31.5 cm 448 pages more than 500 photographs printed in full color hardcover thread-bound Learn More

BLACK & GREY TATTOO 1-2-3 is a mammoth work. Comprising over a thousand pages and weighing 10 kg (22 lbs), it is one of the largest tattoo book ever published! Its three large-format volumes are contained inside a lavish and sturdy hardcover box. This tattoo tome shows the origins of black & grey tattooing — from the prisons and streets of LA to its contemporary renaissance on Hollywood’s red carpets, at heavy metal music fests, and in private ateliers from Budapest to Beijing. 24.5 x 31.5 cm, covers with silver embossing. A total of 1,008 pages Learn More

Cranial Visions by Mike De Vries, Jinxi Caddel & Jamie Parker. This cranial-themed book highlights the skull in all sorts of mediums,sizes ,color , perspectives. The book features 258 artists and more than 800 colored pictures (of tattoos, paintings, digital art, graffiti, photography, and skulptures). Hard Cover Learn More

Tattoo Extremities by Jinxi Caddel. This book is a collection of tattoo art with the artistic focus on the head, hands , neck and feet of the body. The book includes colored pictures from artwork of today's great tattoo artists around the world. Learn More

Animal Ink by Mike De Vries & Various Artists. This book features 304 full-color pages, and contains tattoo work from 160 talented tattoo artists. Included is an endless array of styles, colors, sizes and perspectives resembling the artists creativity and inspiration of tattooing. Learn More

Underway is the only way by Grimmelbein (Grime) & Kitamura Takahiro (Horitaka). This book is a collection of the works from 20 of today's leading tattoo artists worldwide. The book includes interviews, pictures, tattoos, paintings and more art related professional work. Learn More