Horimono Shashin
Tattoo photographs from Japan // 1850 – 1900
• Horimono Shashin is the first book dedicated to photographs showing tattooing from the second half of the 19th century in Japan
• 100 original albumen prints mainly from the authors’ collection
Horimono Shashin
• English and French languages
• Launch of the subscription offer : May 2024
• 192 pages
• 22 x 28 cm
• Limited edition and collectors
Contact : edokki-edition@gmail.com
Téléphone : 06 74 36 59 16
Xavier Durand
Xavier Durand is a French curator and collector whose field of interest is Japanese culture, mainly japanese prints and photographs. He already curated exhibitions, including « Tatouages du monde flottant » for the museum of Asian Arts of Nice (2023) and « Samurai : art and symbolism of Japan » for the museum of fine arts of Carcassonne (2018). He edited the catalogs of the two exhibitions. He lives in France and travels regularly in Japan.
Claude Estèbe
Claude Estèbe wrote a Phd about Japanese photography in Meiji period (INALCO, 2006). He worked regularly as an expert on Japanese photography for the Guimet museum and the French National Library. He published a few books on Japanese photography including « The last Samurais » (2001) and « Yokohama shashin » (2014). He lives between France and Asia (Thailand and Japan).