Tattoo Club Volume 1 - Keibunsha (2001) manga In the world of ukiyoe

In the world of ukiyoe and traditional Japanese arts fit for tattooing

black-and-white and full-color nude model galleries

Kazuichi Hanawa has had quite an impressive background in illustrations and cartooniing

The Gomineko crew published several tattoo books in the 2000s and 2010s

Tattoo Club Volume 1 - Keibunsha (2001) manga In the world of ukiyoeVolume 1 of a trilogy of magazine books released by Keibunsha in the early 2000s with galleries of tattoos done by Japanese tattooers. These publications served as a great way for other tattooers to see what was going on around the country, in a time when social media didn't exist. Photos originally published in Jitsuwa Document aka True Story Document, a Japanese tabloid with a focus on gang crime, nude women, suspense drama and politics and more.