Recent Purchases
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Not the typical purchase that appears here but proud of it nonetheless….. Kusakabe kimbei print. Numbered Print of a photo taken in Yokohama Japan in the late 1880s.
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Love the print. Interested in the subject. I know the yakuza claim lineage to samurai but I haven't seen a topknot and tats together like that.
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Badass print Cutlasshound.
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Cheers guys!
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Love the print. Interested in the subject. I know the yakuza claim lineage to samurai but I haven't seen a topknot and tats together like that.
If your interested check out the Japanese tattoo by Donald Richie and Ian baruma or tattoos of the floating world/bushido - legacies of the Japanese tattoo by Takahiro Kitamura. Long and short of it is that tattooing was popular in japan but due to politics and the disapproval of the shogunate they tried to outlaw it and also issue tattoos as punishment (one of the reasons why tattoos became associated with crime in japan apparently). Really interesting subject and highly recommend any of those books. The baruma book is quite expensive and you can get most of the info from it in the other two which are a lot cheaper!
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Hendrix screen print ordered today! Can't wait to see in the flesh
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Gotta love finding Deadstock unworn IH classics
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22 is so under rated. think cause it was soooo brushed. great shirts bushmonkey.
feel free to spill the beans. . . .
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Thanks guys. Have just made a lot of contacts since joining the forum. Was very surprised and happy to be offered these 2 rare gems. I have been very fortunate in my hunts. Love the 22; especially since it is one of the rare flannels that is more stripe than check for IH. Have couple more inbound I'll update with when they arrive. Have a serious weakness for IH flannels.
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bushmonkey really knows what he is doing. Always envious when you post stuff like that.
Find me a Blue 06 or 20 so I can move on with my life!!!!!
