Customer Reviews
Good book if you need ideas - By: A. Mollart, 12 Jun 2008 
This book is great! Having just flipped through it, you can see right away that the pictures inside are big & easy to see the detail. It also gives a little background to the different images usedin a Japanese Tattoo. For example, it tells you what the dragon symbolises & where it originated fromin the tattoo format.
I would recommend this book for any tattoo enthusiast.
Great book for some old school imagery... - By: E. Cooke, 24 Aug 2007 
I like this book. Great art by some great artists. The text is simple & minimal, & the photo's are great quality large images. It is however very very old school. If you enjoy the flat simple technique of early japanese tattoo art this book is a must have. It's not that the tattoo's are of a lesser quality, it is just that they are very traditional. If you are seriously considering a great traditional japanese tattoo, or are interestedin simply learning more about it, this book will be useful for you to see a good overal collection of the most common elements with short simple explanations.
Average - By: Severin, 08 Jul 2007 
The photographsin this short book are quite good, it's just that the quality of tattoosin this book are very average, by Japanese standards. The text is extremely light & you learn practically nothing you didn't already know. There are several much, much better books on Japanese tattoos. Try Bushido & Japanese Tattooing Now. Both are infinitely superior to this. And much better value for money.
Good book if at a sensible price - By: D. Lloyd, 18 Feb 2006 This book has good visual representation of Japanese tattoos, but the text is a little 'oversimplified'in its approach. Like I said though, great photos, & well worth the $17.00 a new copy will set you back on amazon.com. £131 as listed here is just crazy for a book stillin print outside of the UK.
an excellent source of inspiration - By: , 18 Oct 2002 Wow what a great book I have recently had a japanese tattoo as a back piece. Having looked through loads of tattoo magazines I bought this book from amazon & it sparked my creative side.Not only does the book contain lots of photographs of japanese tattoos it also gives the history behind the japanese tattoo style.
This book is a serious must have for anyone who is considering a japenese tattoo.10 out of 10 5 stars...
