Traditionally worn by sailors and criminals, often marking big accomplishments, like getting an anchor tattoo for crossing the Atlantic or getting a teardrop tattoo for… you get the idea. Getting t...
Kintaro Publishing tours Italy
Rotterdam, The Netherlands - The renowned tattoo art publishing house will visit 11 Italian cities in 19 days to reconnect with the tattoo community heavily impacted by Covid-19 restrictions. The ...
The Rise of the Independent Publisher – Celebrating the Small Press Movement
When it comes to bookselling, one retail giant dominates the market – and that’s Amazon. However, if you start browsing in other places, you’ll discover a wealth of independent publishers, who are ...
Munken Paper – What it is and Why it Matters
In the world of publishing, not all books are created equal. Paper quality can make or break a published work, and this especially the case for books that showcase tattoo artwork, like ours. We tak...
New Tattoo Books, Traditional Publishing, and Japanese Woodblock Prints
The world is finally emerging from COVID-19, and so too are Kintaro Publishing! We’ve been getting busy again; though there were a lot of exciting developments happening behind the scenes during th...
Kintaro's Latest Round-Up – COVID-19, Discounts, Conventions and More
2020 has certainly been the year that nobody saw coming – and this was especially true for publishers. The COVID-19 pandemic (and resulting lockdown) threw the industry into chaos, but the good new...