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Joe the Tattoo Guy Floating West: Antique Japanese Tattoo Flash from the Collection of Nick York
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Floating West: Antique Japanese Tattoo Flash from the Collection of Nick York

$50.00

Floating West: Antique Japanese Tattoo Flash from the Collection of Nick York

A gorgeous, full-scale reproduction of a rare, early 20th century book of Japanese tattoo designs. Accompanied by a lushl(y illustrated essay detailing the book's mysterious origins and curious history. 

Around 1900, an anonymous Japanese tattoo artist painted dozens of extraordinary tattoo designs on the silk pages of a small homemade book: writhing, bearded dragons; elegant geishas; eagles and snakes locked in midair combat; meticulously observed cranes on the wing; a spider in his web, awaiting prey. Floating West reproduces the original book of designs in its entirety, making a singular object of tattoo history available to artists, enthusiasts, and historians worldwide.

  • 8 x 10" 

  • Softcover 

  • 64 full-color pages 

  • 80 newly-discovered designs painted by a yet-identified Japanese tattoo artist

  • Richly illustrated essay with never-before published tattoo photographs and ephemera 

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Floating West: Antique Japanese Tattoo Flash from the Collection of Nick York

A gorgeous, full-scale reproduction of a rare, early 20th century book of Japanese tattoo designs. Accompanied by a lushl(y illustrated essay detailing the book's mysterious origins and curious history. 

Around 1900, an anonymous Japanese tattoo artist painted dozens of extraordinary tattoo designs on the silk pages of a small homemade book: writhing, bearded dragons; elegant geishas; eagles and snakes locked in midair combat; meticulously observed cranes on the wing; a spider in his web, awaiting prey. Floating West reproduces the original book of designs in its entirety, making a singular object of tattoo history available to artists, enthusiasts, and historians worldwide.

  • 8 x 10" 

  • Softcover 

  • 64 full-color pages 

  • 80 newly-discovered designs painted by a yet-identified Japanese tattoo artist

  • Richly illustrated essay with never-before published tattoo photographs and ephemera 

Floating West: Antique Japanese Tattoo Flash from the Collection of Nick York

A gorgeous, full-scale reproduction of a rare, early 20th century book of Japanese tattoo designs. Accompanied by a lushl(y illustrated essay detailing the book's mysterious origins and curious history. 

Around 1900, an anonymous Japanese tattoo artist painted dozens of extraordinary tattoo designs on the silk pages of a small homemade book: writhing, bearded dragons; elegant geishas; eagles and snakes locked in midair combat; meticulously observed cranes on the wing; a spider in his web, awaiting prey. Floating West reproduces the original book of designs in its entirety, making a singular object of tattoo history available to artists, enthusiasts, and historians worldwide.

  • 8 x 10" 

  • Softcover 

  • 64 full-color pages 

  • 80 newly-discovered designs painted by a yet-identified Japanese tattoo artist

  • Richly illustrated essay with never-before published tattoo photographs and ephemera 

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