The Best Book of Cocks Ever!

I am gonna come right out and say it....this is the best book on cocks I have ever seen!! It is amazing!! Beautifully bound and printed on high quality paper this book boasts 400 pages full of images of Japanese roosters - really, really incredible. Includes stunning photographs as well as images in art. The book includes few pages of text (in Japanese) the rests is full color images. This is a brilliant reference book for any artist interested in traditional and not so traditional Japanese renditions of these great birds. This book is out of print so snatch it up now.

Size: 6” x 9” - Pages: 400 - Published: 2004 - Price: $125 - Binding: Softcover


Click here to order off the website: Niwatori (Japanese Roosters)

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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