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No. 27638755

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W.R. van Gulik - Irezumi; the pattern of dermatography in Japan - 1982
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W.R. van Gulik - Irezumi; the pattern of dermatography in Japan - 1982

Volker Riepenhausen

Selected by Volker Riepenhausen

Collation; xviii, (2), 308, + 138 plates h.t. Condition: Small sticker on the back "doublet", small stamps on the cut, stamp "doublet" in the colophon. Cover slightly polluted, otherwise in very good condition. ¶ Fascinating and important study by W.R. van Gulik concerning the tattoo art in Japan. From the index: The Preliminary Stage: Irezumi The Edo period up to 1750 The flowering: The Edo period after 1750 The Tattoo Master and his techniques The Dragon Tattoo: The Structural-functional Significance of the Fireman’s Dragon Tattoo The Periphery: Ainu Tattooing Tattooing in Prehistoric Japan

No. 27638755

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W.R. van Gulik - Irezumi; the pattern of dermatography in Japan - 1982

W.R. van Gulik - Irezumi; the pattern of dermatography in Japan - 1982

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Collation; xviii, (2), 308, + 138 plates h.t.

Condition: Small sticker on the back "doublet", small stamps on the cut, stamp "doublet" in the colophon. Cover slightly polluted, otherwise in very good condition.

¶ Fascinating and important study by W.R. van Gulik concerning the tattoo art in Japan. From the index:
The Preliminary Stage:
Irezumi
The Edo period up to 1750
The flowering:
The Edo period after 1750
The Tattoo Master and his techniques
The Dragon Tattoo:
The Structural-functional Significance of the
Fireman’s Dragon Tattoo
The Periphery:
Ainu Tattooing
Tattooing in Prehistoric Japan

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