Tattoo Burst - May 2004 artbooks

Tattoo Burst - May 2004 artbooksBurst spinoff magazine Tattoo Burst was launched in the early 2000s with a strict focus on Japanese and International tattooing. This May 2004 issue features the cover model posing nude and showing off her tattoos (with a portrait of photographer Noboyushi Araki!), Japanese tattoo events and gatherings, Milano Tattoo Convention and more.

Published by Akita Shoten

This issue features Shinjuku Shodai Horiai

Toshio Saeki

Katsura Asukai

with the additional cooperation of Yoshihito "Horiyoshi III" Nakano - perhaps the most famous tattoo artist in the irezumi world and renowed for his innovative and daring designs - and the support of Nakano's Yokohama Tattoo Frienship Association

His contrasting beauty and erotica with violence and bloodshed are quite realistic and emotional

up-close-and-detailed photographs of Noh masks associated with the family's theater

figures and much more

Nagai carved out a style that's more recognizable than just about any other mangaka alive today

the Mitsukoshi Museum of Art in Shinjuku held an exhibition of works by renowned Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka

illustrative and more

There is also a small biography on Sailor Jack Cripe