vintage 1975 taro bonten irezumi tattooing yakuza japan tattoo photo book 5x7

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vintage 1975 taro bonten irezumi tabori tattooing yakuza japan tattoo photo book 5x7
super rare original 1975 japanese-published tattoo book.  one of a handful of books about japanese irezumi tattooing from japan made pre-1980.  again super rare content.  mostly kanji characters/text (80% of book) but many killer vintage photos, both color and black and white of taro bonten tattooing and his tattoo work.
condition is very good with usual shelf wear of a book that is over 40 years old.  the book has a detachable color cover and has a translucent rice paper cover over the color cover.  the color cover has some folds in it.
all pages are present and attached to spine of book.  very well made.  high quality printing.
size is small, 7 x 5 inches and about an inch thick.  228 pages.
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note:  have lots of tattoo items which are priced to sell.  every day i slowly revise prices, decreasing them by a dollar or 2, each day.  also, typically i add in a freebie item with your purchase as a thank you.  :)
will combine shipping on multiple items to actual shipping cost. Typically I will send the difference back on paypal via a separate transaction. Ask if questions.  if you are in Canada, ask and I will adjust shipping cost to , from .
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