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Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the art of preserving tattooed skin
- _def 2y ago> 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.
- para_parolu 2y agoThis reminds me of story “Skin” by Roald Dahl
- telesilla 2y agohttps://artinfiction.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/roald-dahl-skin-1952/ https://artinfiction.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/roald-dahl-ski... It's very Roald Dahl. Great tale
- jdsnape 2y agoI 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.
- Mistletoe 2y agoThe pics are enough, something very unnerving about flayed human skin.
- dazzawazza 2y agoTrying to find a fence for human skin would hard although, given humanity, I imagine not impossible.
- GistNoesis 2y agoJust go to Darcin Cole with some blood from Adalon.
- latexr 2y agoI’m not doubting the veracity of the story, but it reminded me of the “dog in suitcase” urban legend¹. Maybe the robber this time was Buffalo Bill². In which case, jackpot. ¹ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dead-dog-suitcase-stolen-tube-bus-urban-legend-origins/ 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_the_Lambs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(The_Silence_of_t... ⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill
- dendrite9 2y agoMy 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. His book: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/painted-people-humanity-in-21-tattoos-matt-lodder?variant=39742105681998 https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/painted-people-humanity...
- climb_stealth 2y agoThe article mentions he has two methods of preserving. Wet and dry. But then only explains the dry one. :/ How does the wet preservation work?
- iancmceachern 2y agoGoo, they keep it in goo
- climb_stealth 2y agoThat's what I was wondering. Floating in formaldehyde...
- dlkmp 2y agoI also found that very frustrating. It's probably the method required to stretch the skin over a tailor's dummy like in that one photo.
- DeathArrow 2y agoI've reached the weird part of the Internet, it seems.
- konart 2y agoNot as weird as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa
- sgt 2y agoLike something out of Gotham.
- mihaitodor 2y agoUgh, that was disturbing to read…
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- p0w3n3d 2y agoThere's a movie about it Louis De Funes played in
- crazygringo 2y agoTo 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.
- yapyap 2y agoMy 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
- wiradikusuma 2y agoHow old are his, ehm, potential collections when they made the deal? 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?
- marginalia_nu 2y agoTo be fair, being a lifetime gangster tends to be bad for your life expectancy.