Traditional Japanese Work by Augusto de Filippo

Description

A collection of icons associated with traditional Japanese tattoo. Dragons and samurai appear in various forms, sometimes in colour, as if to show the finished tattoo, at times just as outlines, as if to leave space to study the subject.

And alongside these two subjects there are chrysanthemums, masks, and animals like the octopus and snake. In some plates it is the body part which predominates, as in the case of sleeves, where the composition is conditioned to fit that particular area of the anatomy.