2011 Japanese Edo Era Tattooed Firemen Calendar - 4 available!! Awesome for shops....

So even though I'd sworn off calendars forever, I saw these and figured you guys would dig them as much as I did so I bought what they had in stock. This is a 2011 wall calendar featuring awesome images of tattooed edo era fireman pulled from traditional Japanese woodblock prints.It is appx. 13" x 30" and features 6 unique illustrations....one page for every 2 months...and the days are numbered in Japanese. Pretty cool!

$50

Click here to order: 2011 Japanese Edo Era Tattooed Firemen Calendar

Nyonin Kurikara Hada - NEW Book from Living Legend Ozuma Kaname

Ozuma Kaname has done is again! This is an beautifully presented volume of illustrations of predominately portraits of women featuring the tattoo artwork of Horiyoshi III. It does include some shibari (robe bondage) images towards the end, but is predominated renditions of posing nude tattooed women, reminicent of his second book, Tattooing. The fabric bound book comes in a fabric folder, bound in a cardboard box and is stunning, start to finish. (My scans do not do it justice....my settings are really off. Sorry!!)

Size: 8" x 11.5" - Pages: 144 - Published: 2010 - Price: $215 - Hardcover in Cardboard Box

Click here to order: Nyonin Kurikara Hada - Ozuma Kaname

Art of Tattooists Exhibition Book - AMAZING Illustrations from Japan's Top Tattoooers...

At present this is a Gomineko exclusive! An amazing collection of artwork exhibited in the "Art of Tattooist" show in Yokohama, December 2010. This collection of artwork features some of Japan's best tattooers making this book a must have for every collector of Japanese tattoo imagery. Contributors include: Horitomo, Horiyuki, Horishachi, Akatsuki, Horikiku, Horisen, Sezuki, Hougen, FukushimaHorimasu, Yokohama Horiken, Shige, 14th Horitoku, Horimomo, Okamoto, Shigetoshi, Daisei, Tomo, Yuya, Horizaru, Reiko, Yokosuka Horitetsu, Horigyn, Horisei, Horifuji, Daichi, Yondaime Horikazu, Wakamoto, Aya, Carlos, Horifuki, Shibuya Horimasa, Yutaro, Horisho, Tsubama, Eight, Makoto, Nishiikebukuro Horitoshi, Kobayashi, Nami, Yu-ta, Ogi, Satoshi, Yashin, AIkeda, Horitaka, Horitsuki, So and Mutsuo. Stunning.

Size: 8.5 " x 11.5" - Pages: 80 - Published: 2010 - Price: $42 - Softcover

Click here to order: Art of Tattooist 2010 - Gallery Exhibition Catalog

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Art Show With the Fantabulous Josh Roelink the 17th in Sydney - come out!

If you are in or near Sydney come out for Crystal's collaborative show with Josh Roelink of Tatudharma. All artwork will be auctioned for charity.....

http://www.kirin-kimonokiku.com

Singapore Convention this December

I'm stoked about being invited to the Singapore Convention this December. The line up is outstanding and Niccku, Augustine and Lionel are stellar individuals so I'm sure it will be an awesome show. I am a little ashamed to confess however, that while I'm stoked to be attending the show....I'm more excited about this freaking den of macabre oddities and gruesomeness. It's a freaking amusement park!!! Um, HELL YES!!!

Haw Par Villa Park of Singapore

Tattoo Design Book - Heroes and Heroines in Ukiyo-e - JUST RELEASED

This book is well done. It explores the Heroes of Japanese mythology via antique ukiyo-e, present day tattooing and illustrations by contemporary Japanese tattoo artists. The work is top notch, featuring the hottest tattooers in the Japanese scene today, in full color, in either full page otr quad split images. The text is in Japanese but the heroes and heroines are introduced in English as well, so you can research the stories you don't know. And the tattoo work is supported by ukiyo-e from Kuniyoshi, and his contemporaries, as well as illustrations from some of Japan's most prolific tattooers including Bunshin Horitoshi, Ton and Magoshi from Chopsticks, Horigyn, Horishio, Horihito, Hougen Kosei, Horinao, Horiken, Horizaru, Horitsuna, Mutsuo, Horimasa and more. That's just the artwork. The list of tattooers whose work was contributed is 5 times as long, and just amazing. This is a great little book to pick up.


Size: 7” x 10” - Pages: 160 - Published: 2010 - Price: $35 - Binding: Softcover



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Suehiro Maruo's Maruograph I - Out of Print and Wicked Good!!!

Suehiro Maruo is Japan's prince of "ero-guru" - erotic grotesque manga. His imagery is unsettling at first and rapidly becomes well, offensive. Cute circus attired heroines, insects, eyeballs, haunting protagonists with shaded faces, moths, dripping faces, tentacles, vomit, cracks, blood....all lend themselves graciously to Maruo's canvas and reemerge in grim playgrounds for evil. This book is out of print and includes both color plates as well as monochrome illustrations. A must have for manga collectors or Japanophiles with a proclivity for wickedness.

Size: 7.5 " x 10.5" - Pages: 88 - Published: 1996 - Price: $100 - Hardcover

Click here to order: Suehiro Maruo's Maruograph I - OOP

So I haven't been on here in a very long time, I haven't been in one room long enough to blog, so I am going to ease back in with this little gem. This is the COOLEST bat I have ever seen and he is destined to hang off my knee in the none too distant future.....that is all. Goodnight tattooland.






An update to this post!!! Luke Atkinson from Checker Demon Tattoos in Stuttgart did this for me!!!

Jack Mosher Drawing Seminar Cancelled....

Due to unforseen circumstances we've had to cancel Jack "Horimouja" Mosher's drawing seminar on the 15th...the Gomineko Tsuchigumo show will still happen from 6-10 at the Godzilla Izakaya so please come out and enjoy the artwork if you are in town!

突然ですが、今回出場予定のJACK
MOSHERさんは、諸事情により来日が延期になりました。大変申し訳ありません。来日日時についての詳細は決定次第GOMINEKOのHPにてアップします！
TSUCHIGUMOのエキシビションは予定通りでございます。
ご理解とご協力をお願い致します

Tsuchigumo Opening Party!

Gomineko Books will hold the Tsuchigumo Opening Party in Shinagawa October 15th following Jack 'Horimouja' Mosher's art seminar. Should be a pretty cool day so mark your calendars!!

New Kimono Panels I banged out for the Boston Tattoo Convention

So I am heading out to Boston the labor day to launch Cody's new book and was asked to hang some of my kimono panels in the gallery space at the event. Between jet lag from Europe and trying to get orders out I have been pretty cross eyed but I managed to get these done and have two more drying. Nico in Holland bought the Daruma so he won't be making to trek to the States but will be heading the other way but the other two, and several more I have been hoarding at the studio, you can see Sept.

Youkai Picnic

Saru on a mission!

A rad little Daruma...

Escaping the Gallows by Cody Meyer is now available for pre-order!

Gomineko Press is stoked to finally debut Cody Meyer's new book Escaping the Gallows. A testament to hard livin and fast women, this book embodies a rebellious spirit so tangible....it leaps from the page to punch you in the face. Meyer's illustrations are a whirlwind of tattoo imagery, inamorata, 90's icons, personal battles won and lost, hope, desire, grief and unabashed loyalty...crafted with a discerning eye and the patience of a saint. Meyer may still be getting his sea legs in this industry, but impounded within the covers of this book is a powerful roar of protest and a raised fist. This book will launch at this years Boston Tattoo Convention this September, and all pre-orders will ship out mid-month. xx Gomineko

Size: 8” x 11.5” - Pages: 132 - Published: 2010 - Price: $50 - Binding: Softcover

Click here to pre-order off the website: Escaping the Gallows

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