Horikitsune-San (Alexander Reinke) and Myself has formed a new publishing company in order to produce and publish the books on Irezumi that we feel have not yet been made.
Our first project is a book on Horikitsune's Master Horiyoshi III of Yokohama. Many books have been done on his outstanding Irezumi work, but we feel that very little effort has been made to portray the complex man behind the images and tradition.
Horiyoshi III is dedicated to walk the path of The Heart, and thus continues in a tradition whose innovators and guardians feature such names as Hokusai, Yoshitoshi, Tesshu and Kyosai. That is of course not even mentioning the countless army of Painters, Swordmakers, Woodblock print designers and cutters, Horishi, Poets and Playwriters, Zen Masters, Calligraphers and all the previous masters of the Japanese Ways.
The book will be titled "Kokoro" (the Japanese word for heart) and will try to convey some of the strange, powerful and wondrous experiences to be had in the precense of a true Master and Teacher.
The book features photography and words by Horikitsune and Horimatsu, and is planned to be published sometime during next year.
(the above photo of Horiyoshi III is by Horimatsu. Irezumi by Horiyoshi I)
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