Ozuma Kaname (小妻要)

Ozuma Kaname (小妻要), 1939–2011, was a Japanese artist.

Era: 1950s

ARTIST · ILLUSTRATOR

Japanese artist and illustrator known for both SM imagery and paintings of tattooed women. Nawapedia places Ozuma's Kitan Club and SM Select work in the 1960s-1970s and lists later books that bridged shibari and irezumi visual culture. BME's 2010 Known Gallery coverage describes him as a traditionally trained Japanese portraiture artist whose tattoo-themed work shaped later audiences for Horiyoshi III and Japanese tattoo culture.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Kitan Club.