The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the modern Japanese tradition. In the story, a tattoo artist inscribes a giant spider on the body of a beautiful young woman. Afterwards, the woman's beauty takes on a demonic, compelling power, in which eroticism is combined with sado-masochism. The story foreshadows many of the archetypes which reappear in many of Tanizaki's later works.
| Author: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki |
| Publisher: Jiahu Books |
| Publication Date: Feb 14, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 116 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1784351261 |
| ISBN-13: 9781784351267 |