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The Underground Art of Traditional Japanese Tattooing

There are many ways to look at a dragon. In The Japanese Tattoo, a new photobook by writer and photographer Manami Okazaki, one can begin with the obvious pleasures: the curve of its body across a…

  • Photographer Manami Okazaki explores traditional Japanese tattooing, wabori.
  • Book "The Japanese Tattoo" details full-body tattoos and craftsmen.
  • Edo-period firefighters used tattoos for trade identification and camaraderie.

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