> 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.<p>Imagine stealing a suitcase only to find it filled with tattooed human skin. Yikes.
To me, the photos of the skin "splayed" in a large frame feel highly disturbing.<p>While the photo of the skin wrapped onto a mannequin seems not just entirely tasteful, but beautiful even.<p>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.
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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
How old are his, ehm, potential collections when they made the deal?<p>I can't imagine him making a deal with some 20-somethings and waiting 60 years to reap the fruit.<p>Or maybe he "accelerated" the process?