Tattooing in Tokyo in the 1950s photographed by Akimitsu Takagi

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”"The tattoo has an attraction comparable to that of opium: once under its control, all resistance becomes futile. For those who fall prey to it, nothing else matters."

Takagi AkimitsuWriter- Photographer
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10 September 2025

Symposium on Japanese Tattooing in Tokyo

A symposium dedicated to Japanese tattooing will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Aoyama Gakuin University in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Among the invited researchers, Pascal Bagot…
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Four silver gelatin prints of photographs by Takagi featuring Horiuno II, Horigorō II, the Edo Chōyūkai group, and the Sanja Matsuri are on display.NEWS
18 June 2025

“The Art of Japanese Tattooing” – Exhibition at the Carcassonne Museum of Fine Arts

On view until September 28, 2025 The Museum of Fine Arts of Carcassonne is hosting an exceptional temporary exhibition: "The Art of Japanese Tattooing", open to the public until September…
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En mars 2025, à la librairie Never Stop Reading à Zürich, aura lieu une exposition de photographies sur le milieu du tatouage à Tokyo dans les années 1950.NEWS
10 February 2025

March 2025: Exhibition of Akimitsu Takagi’s photographs in Switzerland

For the first time in Switzerland, an exhibition of Akimitsu Takagi's photographs will be on show at the Never Stop Reading bookshop in Zürich in March. Come along to the…
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