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

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Went out to Ozuma Kaname's Studio Yesterday......

He is such an amazing individual and his studio is insane!! Seriously stacks and stacks of original paintings just piled on shelves. It was quite a day.....

Gomineko Weekly Special - Ozuma Kaname's Tattoo Fantasy $25 off

Ozuma Kaname's Tattoo Fantasy is this week's weekly special. Pick up a copy now to round out your tattoo reference library for $25 off.

This is by far my favorite Kaname publication. It includes 75 full page full color illustrations and 18 pages of sketches and model photos. This book is predominately portraits with a few amazing renditions of popular tattoo motifs - dragons, tiger, a kirin and a brilliant fujin and raijin. This book does not include any of the shibari (rope bondage) imagery found in his earlier publications. All in all a beautiful book, both inside and out, and a must have for any serious collector of Japanese Tattoo reference art. $160 on sale!

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