• Main cover of Asakusa showing high-contrast black and white photo
  • Detail of the book spine with embossed lettering
  • Close-up of the exposed thread binding in the book Asakusa
  • Black-and-white street scene during Sanja Matsuri festival
  • Portrait of a tattooed client in Horikazu's studio
  • Black-and-white page from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede showing a turtle shell with figurines and a female portrait.
  • Portrait of a young woman on red paper followed by tree branches.
  • Nude woman on carpet in a dim room, paired with a ceiling lamp detail.
  • Blurry police car at night passing under neon lights in Asakusa.
  • Rear view of tattooed men in a tiled Japanese bathroom.
  • Two nude women reclining on a bed in a floral wallpapered room.
  • Group of tattooed men and women in an intimate low-lit setting.
  • Still life with cards and a woman submerged in a bathtub.
  • Close-up of a full-back Japanese tattoo featuring mythological figures.
  • Group of yakuza in traditional clothing during Sanja Matsuri festival.
  • Group portrait of tattooed men at a Japanese festival from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Close-up of tattooed festival participants in black and white from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Black-and-white photo of tattooed men walking on the street during a festival, from Asakusa.
  • English text excerpt from the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Japanese text excerpt from the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Back cover of the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede
  • Book Asakusa partially inserted into its slipcase
  • Front of the slipcase with minimal design
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Asakusa

Asakusa – Ronin de Goede

Ronin de Goede
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A raw and intimate photographic journey into Tokyo’s underground world, documenting Horikazu's tattoo art and yakuza life through high-contrast black-and-white photography.

Hardcover, 19.5 x 26.7 cm, 1.5 kg , 216 pages
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Description

About the Book

Asakusa is a powerful photobook by Dutch photographer Ronin de Goede that immerses the viewer in the hidden world of traditional Japanese full-body tattooing, centered around the studio of Horikazu, a legendary tattoo master. Shot between 2011 and 2020, the work spans years of close contact with the artist, his clients—including yakuza members—and their rituals, lives, and gatherings. Combining raw, high-contrast black-and-white images in the are-bure-boke style with more intimate, documentary moments, de Goede captures not only the surface of bodies and streets but the textures of trust and tradition. The book includes 154 photographs and is presented in a slipcased hardcover edition, limited to 1000 copies.

Hardcover, 19.5 x 26.7 cm, 1.5 kg, 216 pages, English/Japanese
ISBN: 9784910244044

About the Author

Ronin de Goede (born 1978, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer with a background in graphic design and fine art. Working exclusively in black-and-white analogue photography, he uses a Leica MP with Kodak Tri-X film to capture ephemeral scenes filled with texture, light, and shadow. His visual language draws on the legacy of Japanese Provoke-era photography, blending the everyday and the surreal. De Goede prints all his images in his own darkroom in the woods near The Hague, emphasizing a raw and handcrafted aesthetic.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Zen Foto Gallery
Country of origin: Japan
Website: https://zen-foto.jp

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