Cenk's Skeleton Tattoo Pays Homage to Yukio Mishima and St. Sebastian

I met Cenk where I meet so many Tattoosday volunteers, outside of Penn Station on the plaza adjacent to Madison Square Garden.<br /><br />He shared this, one of his four tattoos:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uk8GU4bDET3y49Peha39ZexaGNThB2IisKdv3QqRRFKHguspHlwi9e_H2IY7PWmsuwe4Hx5zF6EaqmD9c5giGW0zsZWt5GnZQ3aTCf3uMsFsW32CIPoTJRSUwpoXao253hzyWjWuQv4/s1600-h/St+sebastian.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379419825433531538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uk8GU4bDET3y49Peha39ZexaGNThB2IisKdv3QqRRFKHguspHlwi9e_H2IY7PWmsuwe4Hx5zF6EaqmD9c5giGW0zsZWt5GnZQ3aTCf3uMsFsW32CIPoTJRSUwpoXao253hzyWjWuQv4/s400/St+sebastian.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 400px;" /></a>This is an interpretation of the depiction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sebastian">St. Sebastian</a>, as seen by the Japanese author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima">Yukio Mishima</a>, one of Cenk's favorite writers. A variation of the St. Sebastian imagery graced one of the many covers of Mishima's <a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081120118X?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=081120118X%22%3EConfessions%20of%20a%20Mask%20%28New%20Directions%20Paperbook%29%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=081120118X%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">Confessions of a Mask</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_da794PhqgVYrBeNsvyiGL6OtCFJtGAStBsCtlfnRoUvC6hIQvpkO5raXlf2kTE0MDL43afnXhkUjGhAJd863NTzQ-siixSllylKaccIGRah3DfBmOwYyt3kAiHd0VcQrOgpmB1l5IW4/s1600-h/yukio1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382388324295232978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_da794PhqgVYrBeNsvyiGL6OtCFJtGAStBsCtlfnRoUvC6hIQvpkO5raXlf2kTE0MDL43afnXhkUjGhAJd863NTzQ-siixSllylKaccIGRah3DfBmOwYyt3kAiHd0VcQrOgpmB1l5IW4/s400/yukio1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Mishima even posed for a publicity photo as the martyred St. Sebastian:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF9S7sbdRv5DGyrLVMAH8hj_zPpUW5dLZPPrwsE4b1JYuoffCsT-76p72b2T3USQvh4FQ35f60BYvT4b-NrWJr3pYkp-0Yxab2-0R_Its3pSAkKu_RRMcuusqpjxQRsHFHi2njlpRe70/s1600-h/mishima2ss.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382389007158723650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF9S7sbdRv5DGyrLVMAH8hj_zPpUW5dLZPPrwsE4b1JYuoffCsT-76p72b2T3USQvh4FQ35f60BYvT4b-NrWJr3pYkp-0Yxab2-0R_Its3pSAkKu_RRMcuusqpjxQRsHFHi2njlpRe70/s400/mishima2ss.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 258px;" /></a><br />This piece was tattooed by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/myleskarr">Myles Karr</a> at <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. According to <a href="http://myleskarr.com/">his website</a>, he has since left Saved, and opened <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/">Three Kings Tattoo Parlor</a>. Mr. Karr's work has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/05/milos-tattoos-honor-family.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/05/kyles-take-on-heaven-and-hell.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WXOyaz3a4bhrq-ipuKEaKaz1EQkbCetbrdw2bUmY7qecsAhRCUC4gLjO0bAla-CLLyMHAauD56SP6K7FWS3XLDMKjJtsYWyTy1Frw1DfSeYjytRWu3ATKrt_PnIQiymr67EuIBDdLVE/s1600-h/Mishima+Sebastian.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379419623004825954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WXOyaz3a4bhrq-ipuKEaKaz1EQkbCetbrdw2bUmY7qecsAhRCUC4gLjO0bAla-CLLyMHAauD56SP6K7FWS3XLDMKjJtsYWyTy1Frw1DfSeYjytRWu3ATKrt_PnIQiymr67EuIBDdLVE/s400/Mishima+Sebastian.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />Thanks to Cenk for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Cenk's Skeleton Tattoo Pays Homage to Yukio Mishima and St. Sebastian

I met Cenk where I meet so many Tattoosday volunteers, outside of Penn Station on the plaza adjacent to Madison Square Garden. He shared thi...

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