Guru Tattoo - Volume 1

Size: 16cm x 24cm - Pages: 140 - Published: 2013 - Price: $35 - Binding: Flexicover

Internationally recognized and locally accepted as the leader of San Diego’s tattoo scene for over a decade, Aaron Della Vedova and Guru Tattoo are excited to announce the release of their first book, Guru Tattoo: Volume One. With a forward written by
infamous graffiti artist Greg “Craola” Simpkins, Guru Tattoo: Volume One boasts one-of-a-kind artwork from many of the world’s best tattoo artists. Packed cover-to-cover with creative genius, Volume One provides a window into the life and soul of world-famous tattoo artists - from what creativity means in the world of tattoos, to the unique process of permanently marking someone’s body, to shop shenanigans, to how it feels to make it big in the industry of their dreams.

 

Ukiyo-e to Horimono - by Jan Van Doesburg

Size: 24cm x 32cm - Pages: 320 - Published: 2013 - Price: $100 - Binding: Hardcover

This is a really informative book on the history of both Japanese woodblocks and Japanese tattooing. Covering the development of both from the floating world through to present day, it explores the Ainu Indians, the tattooed firefighters, kabuki actors, the yakuza and includes a brilliant section on iconography which explains the symbolism of popular Japanese motifs. It features full page, full color prints of tattoos in ukiyo-e, with full explanations in English. I highly recommend this book.

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Horimono in Japan - Rare Japanese Tattoo Book circa 1973

This book is cool.

Size: 18.5 ” x 23 ” - Pages: 144 - Published: 1973 - Price: $180 - Softcover


This is an old and super rare book on Japanese tattoos.It's amazing. I have one in my personal collection I found years ago and just picked up this duplicate copy over the weekend. It includes both color and monochrome ukiyo-e with tattoo imagery, some wonderfully dated Japanese people showing off their tattoowork, examples of tattoos in the old samurai movies, photos of tebori being performed, photos of festivals like the sanja matsuri where tattooed men in fundoshi gather to celebrate. There is a photo of a removed tattooed skin as well as photos of Western style tattoos of the time period. This book is a piece of history.


This book is out of print and really hard to find. I do have 1 in stock but if you want it get it now because I cannot guarantee running across another copy.



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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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