Alldritt, Leslie. The Burakumin: The Complicity of Japanese Buddhism in Oppression    
    and an Opportunity for Liberation. 2000. Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
    19 Apr. 2004 <http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/7/alldritt001.html>.

Asia Society. Japanese Art. 2004. Asia Society. 28 March. 2004
    <http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/japanmovie/object11.html>.

Burton, Helena. Oriental Irezumi and Occidental Tattooing in Contemporary Japan. 2003.
    2 Oct. 2005 <http://www.nootrope.net/koi/tattooing_in_japan.html>.

China Town Online. Flowers. 2002. China Town Online. 18 Apr. 2004
    <http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/flowers.html>.

Craig, William. Tattoo History- Asian. 1998.19 Feb. 2004
    <http://whitton.members.atlantic.net/body/tattoo_asian.htm>.

Fellman, Sandi. The Japanese Tattoo. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.

Genjuro. Genjuro’s Hanafuda. 2001. 8 May 2004
    <www.geocities.com/konru/hanafuda.html>.

Jardin Botanique de Montreal. Montreal. 2001. Jardin Botanique de Montreal.
    27 Apr. 2004 <http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/ jardin/en/japonais/plantes.htm>.

Kitamura, Takahiro. Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo.  Atglen, PA: Schiffer
    Publishing, 2001.

Klompmakers, Inge. Of Brigands and Bravery. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2003.

Richie, Donald. The Japanese Tattoo. New York: Weatherhill, Inc., 1980.

Shimada, Tetsuya. Horimono: The Japanese Tattoo. 2000/ 2003.
    28 Jan. 2004 <http://horimono.net/>.

Stumma, Dean. Tokugawa Gallery. 1998. Tokugawa Gallery. 28 Apr. 2004
    < www.tokugawagallery.com/ history.html>.  

Watts, Alan. The Way of Zen. New York: Random House, 1957.

Yamada, Mieko. Japanese Tattooing from the Past to the Present. 2000. 12 Oct. 2005
    <http://www.nootrope.net/body.html> 2003.

Waseda University  Library. 4 Nov. 2005
           <http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/TENJI/virtual/farsari/index2.html>.