Horimono Shashin

Xavier Durand Horimono Shashin

Horimono Shashin: A beautiful book on tattooing and photography in Japan during the period 1850-1900. The back is packed with information about this period and what was happening with tattooing during that time. There was a fascination at that time of a mix of a photograph which was then hand coloured, naive yet beautiful. Over one hundred photographic portraits of people most never released and gathered within this book for the first time! A beautiful coffee table collectors book!

Hardcover, 190 Pages, 22 x 26cm

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Product number: HOS-BK

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