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Full Body Tattoos
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  • Length

    03:00 mins

  • Education Subject Areas

    Art

    Social Studies

    World Cultures

  • Reference Number

    0700706NG

  • Title

    Full Body Tattoos

Full Body Tattoos

A story on horimono, the art of Japanese full body tattoos. Various shots and sequences include: artists tattooing; history of horimono and its link to yakuza, Japanese gangsters; the symbolic meaning of horimono images; and Eiji Ryuzaki, a tattoo artist, trying to change the negative image of horimono.

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