One Drop of Black Oshima Tsuyoshi Signed book with bonus

Recommended by Shinichi Nakazawa!! The first book by Japan's leading tribal tattoo artist, Taku Oshima, is available in limited quantities, autographed with a bonus postcard.

This book is about to open a new era of tattoos. Beautiful magical patterns that contain the power of nature are carved directly into the skin and worn deeply. Tribal tattoos open a passage of powerful beauty between humans and nature. A new costume discovered by human beings living in the urban civilization of the 21st century! -- Shinichi Nakazawa

His career as a tattoo artist, which began as a backpacker's travel fundraiser, eventually developed into fieldwork in search of ethnic tattoos around the world, and then led to a connection to the Jomon period across time and space. This is a travelogue by Taku Oshima, one of Japan's leading tattoo artists, depicting the real customs, history, and present of tribal tattoos.

In this book, portraits of the author's representative tattoo works, photographed by KENTA UMEDA, are included between the main text about tribal tattoos in various countries. As a special bonus for EC sales, a postcard by KENTA UMEDA of a cut not included in this book will be included.

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Other works from the Taku Oshima collectionHere

Title: A Drop of Black Traveling Tribal Tattoo
Published by: Kenele Books
Released by: Kraken Labs
ISBN: 978-4-909313-15-7
Release date: June 23, 2022
Format: 400 pages
Price: ¥2,640 (tax included)

Taku Oshima

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1970. Owner of the tattoo studio "APOCARIPT".
He specializes in tribal tattoos and blackwork, which are made by carving patterns in solid black. He travels to various parts of the world to research ethnic tattoos and incorporates them into his modern tattoo designs. In 2016, he started the "Jomon Tribe" project with journalist Keroppy Maeda, which aims to creatively revive Jomon period tattoo designs in the modern era.

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