2 RARE JAPANESE TEBORI HAND TATTOO NEEDLES INK & MIXING DISH IN WOODEN CASE

Description

Compete set with 2 needle, ink block and mixing dish and a Jade good luck Buddha.
As the power of the common people and working classes of
Japan
grew in the latter half of the
Edo
period (circa 18th century) horimono, or traditional Japanese tattoos, began to flourish as art form. Using images from traditional water colour paintings, woodcuts and picture books of the time as designs, the ultimate reward for the patience and endurance of pain would be a tattoo of immense beauty. To experience and enjoy Japanese horimono tattoos it is important to understand their history and background, and it is also important to continue to preserve the traditions behind them.
The origins of traditional Japanese tattoos can be traced back to the latter years of the
Edo
period in Japanese history.
In 1603, the then ruler of
Japan
, Tokugawa Ieyasu, centralised his shogunate government in Edo, what is now
Tokyo
. In the 200 years following this, the established feudal system began to stagnate, and in opposition to the martial upper classes, the common people of
Edo
began to develop their own separate, unique culture for themselves.
Rejecting the centuries-old strict ethics and morality of the Confucian beliefs of the samurai and taking up themes based on duty, ninjo (human experiences and feeling), fashion and comedy the townspeople of Edo increasingly began to enjoy novels, drama, comic tanka songs and theatre. Books such as kokusenyagassen by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Honchohsuikohden and Satomihakkenden by Takisawa Bakin and many other publications, along with picture books and artwork all combined to develop into a system that became a massive outlet of cultural expression for the ordinary people of
Edo
.
SIZE
Height: 17 inches...43cm.
Width
: 11 inches...28cm.
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