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This tattoo design is a variation on Mishima’s original design for the Tate no kai’s flag, etc. I changed the “wheel” design found on the orginal to a skull, which seemed particularly appropriate. I don’t think Mishima would object.
Tattoo:
Sea Tramp Tattoo Co. (My favorite old school tattoo joint)
207 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214-1114
Tattoo Artist: Eric
The original flag design (found online) can be seen below:
Tags: tate no kai, tate no kai symbol, tatenokai, tatenokai flag, yukio mishima
I wasn’t aware that David Bowie was at one time a Yukio Mishima fan, but this blog cites the following quote from Thomas Newton Howard, accompanied by the image above.
THOMAS NEWTON SEABROOK: “Bowie now read and enthused – in typically vociferous fashion – about art, literature, and classical music; painting, previously an intermittent distraction, became a full-time hobby. Many of his own artworks – which included a giant expressionist portrait of the Japanese author and nihilist Yukio Mishima – hung from the walls of his Berlin apartment.”
