A crimson fish wrestles a man. A horned demon stares menacingly. These vivid scenes are tattoos, created in pain, incised in the flesh of the Yakuza, Japan''s feared secret society of gangsters. They are the visions of the Irezumi, the legendary tattoo artists, who spend years creating living masterpieces.

Photographer Sandi Fellman describes this strange and violent world both in her text and in her stunning, large Polaroid photographs.



Format Häftad Omfång 120 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Utgivningsdatum 1987-12-17 ISBN 9780896597983