The Tattooer [Japanese]

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Book Overview

The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the modern Japanese tradition. In the story, a tattoo artist inscribes a giant spider on the body of a beautiful young woman. Afterwards, the woman's beauty takes on a demonic, compelling power, in which eroticism is combined with sado-masochism. The story foreshadows many of the archetypes which reappear in many of Tanizaki's later works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 1784351261
• ISBN13: 9781784351267
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Jiahu Books
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"