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This publication is dedicated to Owaka Mitsuaki (1935-1989), the celebrated Japanese tattoo master who devoted his life to the study and practice of traditional Japanese tattooing. Part of contents: The Ancient History of Tattooing in Japan / Foreigners in Japan / Ainu / Firefighters / Colour Woodblock-printing / Tattooing in the Meiji Period / The Tattoo Master and his Techniques / Yakuza / Iconography / Japanese Tattooing Today / The Van der Velden Collection.