Re:Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the Art of Preserving Tattooe...
by _def on Friday October 18, 2024 @11:15PM
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> During a trip to the United States, Dr Masaichi brought along some of his prized tattooed skins in a suitcase. In a bizarre twist of fate, the suitcase was stolen while he was in Chicago. The fate of those tattooed skins remains a mystery to this day, with the thief likely unaware of the unique—and eerie—contents of the suitcase.
Imagine stealing a suitcase only to find it filled with tattooed human skin. Yikes.
Re:Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the Art of Preserving Tattooe...
by jdsnape on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:42PM
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I came to see if anyone else has made that connection. I wonder if he saw this and it was an inspiration? Hard to know because he could quite as easily imagined it.
Re:Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the Art of Preserving Tattooe...
by dendrite9 on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:12AM
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My partner and I listen to a podcast about tattoos and history called Beneath the Skin on long drives. One of the hosts, Matt Lodder has made a career studying tattooing. As an outsider I didn't expect it to be as interesting as it is and they provide an interesting look at people and history.
Re:Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the Art of Preserving Tattooe...
by crazygringo on Saturday October 19, 2024 @10:25AM
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To me, the photos of the skin "splayed" in a large frame feel highly disturbing.
While the photo of the skin wrapped onto a mannequin seems not just entirely tasteful, but beautiful even.
It's the same thing, but preserving the shape of the human body somehow makes it feel so much more respectful. I never would have guessed that would make any difference, since I'm aware of it being the same cadaver skin in both cases.
Re:Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the Art of Preserving Tattooe...
by yapyap on Saturday October 19, 2024 @11:06AM
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My god I’m aware that for people who work with dead people all the time this may be less shocking but just ripping off the biggest organ off a dead person seems like it’s in rather poor taste IMO
Imagine stealing a suitcase only to find it filled with tattooed human skin. Yikes.
It's very Roald Dahl. Great tale
Maybe the robber this time was Buffalo Bill². In which case, jackpot.
¹ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dead-dog-suitcase-stolen-tub...
² The Silence of the Lambs character, James Gumb³, not the showman William F. Cody⁴.
³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(The_Silence_of_t...
⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill
His book: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/painted-people-humanity...
How does the wet preservation work?
While the photo of the skin wrapped onto a mannequin seems not just entirely tasteful, but beautiful even.
It's the same thing, but preserving the shape of the human body somehow makes it feel so much more respectful. I never would have guessed that would make any difference, since I'm aware of it being the same cadaver skin in both cases.
I can't imagine him making a deal with some 20-somethings and waiting 60 years to reap the fruit.
Or maybe he "accelerated" the process?