Han'nya Brigade Book

The volume is the fruit of a project by Italian tattoo artist Fabio Gargiulo edited by Miki Vialetto, which brings together prints by more than 200 international artists who offer their own touch to this famous mask, an important symbol in traditional Japanese Noh theatre.

"In Japan, the figure of han'nya has been transmitted from one century to the next, and transversally through the arts, first through oral tradition and then, thanks to literature, through painting, crafts and finally theatre. Today its appearance transcends the borders of Japanese shores; it has seduced the West with pages of manga, various anime series and tattoos (horimono), drawing on Japanese tradition and repurposing the patterns, colours and symbolic decorations of ukiyo-e prints. The han'nya is still scary, but it seems that once placed on the skin, it also helps to protect the wearer from evil influences, similar to the powerful and terrifying guards (niō) that are placed on the sides of temple entrances. the "guard".

(from the introduction by Rossella Menegazzo)

Works by Filip Leu, Dalmiro, Ching, Stizzo, Joao Bosco, Vlady, Horichiro, Morg, Matt Collins, Chris Crooks, Otto D'Ambra, Federico Ferroni, Andrea Pallocchini, Stilian Smokov, Heinz, Rico, Horiei Shinshu, Rinzing, Alix Ge, Tomo and many more.