The Japanese Tattoo

Softcover, 120 glossy pages, 61 photos, most in full color, with captions. Many photos of nude or nearly-nude male tattoo owners with designs covering the entire back. No photos of any women. *** Photos by Ian Buruma. Foreword by (Shotaro Yamada) Horibun II. Blurb: "A definitive treatment of the subject, including discussions of the history, symbolism, and social function of tattooing in Japan."