Question:
A little while ago I attended a body art exhibit at the Met in NYC, and one of the exhibits showed pictures of traditional japanese tattoos that covered the entire body from ankles to wrists to neck, all as one big collage of art. I was wondering if anyone had any further information, or knew of somewhere where I could get some.

Answer:
"Some": do you mean a full-body tattoo for yourself, or tattoos like those Japanese body suits, or pictures of such tattoos, or general information about them? I'm going to assume the last, that you want ~some further information~ about Japanese body suit tattoos. I point you to two books both entitles "The Japanese Tattoo", one by Donald Ritchie and the other by Sandy Laumann. You can find the bibliographical details for these at http://www.bibliofind.com/ or http://www.abebooks.com/. I doubt many libraries have them, so you may have to spring the money to buy a copy yourself. Undoubtedly there is also information on the web.

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