Tattooing in Okinawa

by Eric Shahan, Miyajima Mikinosuke, Yoshihara Shigeyasu, et al.

All women living in Okinawa, formerly the Ryukyu Kingdom had tattoos on their hands until the Meiji Restoration. Once the practice was banned by the Japanese government the tradition began to fade and by the 1930s the youngest women with tattoos were in their 60s or 70s.
Tattooing in Okinawa Volume two is a translation of Obara Kazuo's research in Okinawa. He travelled extensively in Okinawa in the early 1930's recording many examples of tattoos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950959619
• ISBN13: 9781950959617
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Eric Michael Shahan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"