IRINA IONESCO - Forbidden Japan - Yakuza Tattoo - Romantica

IRINA IONESCO
Japan Banned - Yakuza Tattoo - Romantica

Published by Arts gallery Benchaieb, 2004
Book size 28.5 × 23 × 1 cm
Pages 56 pages
Hardcover
Language French
Limited edition of 1000, numbered by hand and stamped
Good condition

Forbidden Japan - Yakusa Tattoo and Romantica photographed by Irina Ionesco brings together her two documentations of taboos in Japan. Romantica showcases a Japanese underground avant-garde artist collaborating with Ionesco for a photography project which led into an entire series of images, nudity combined with traditional Japanese family culture. The second part of the series is about Yakusa tattoos which have been most often on the skins of men: Samurais would tattoo themselves for spiritual reasons creating sacred symbol of pain and privatization.

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Forbidden Japan - Yakuza Tattoo and Romantica photographed by Irina Ionesco brings together her two series on Japan. Romantica a Japanese underground avant-garde artist collaborates with Ionesco for a photography project that led to a whole series of images, nudity combined with traditional Japanese family culture.  The second series deals with tattoos that were most commonly seen on male skin: samurai tattooed themselves for spiritual reasons, creating a sacred symbol of pain and deprivation.