Tokyo Tattoo 1970

by Martha Cooper and Aiko Ishikawa

The work of a traditional Japanese tattoo master in 1970 In 1970, photographer Martha Cooper came to Tokyo and immediately focused on documenting traditional Japanese tattooist Horibun I. Tokyo Tattoo 1970 is a book about the traditional art of tattooing and a portrait of a master artist. Japanese tattoo was a secret art form in the early 1970s. The masters of the traditional techniques were working in small studios, and tattooing was something for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9185639273
• ISBN13: 9789185639274
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Dokument Forlag
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 11.7"