[Tattoos] Taro, Bonten. Japanese Tattoo Illustrations
Tokyo, Daimon Shuppan, 1973. Limited ed. of 1000 copies, this one numb. 676, 197 p., 85 tipped-in plates w. photogr. by Toshitsugu Yokoyama, hcl., foil boards, w. dust-j., in red slipcase, folio.
Sm. signs of use/ wear, still a very good copy. Bonten Taro was one of the most prominent Japanese tattoo artists, who helped introduce multi-colour tattooing and the tattoo machine to the traditional Japanese arts and worked hard to remove the stigma around tattoos.