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Horace Leonard Ridler (26 March 1882 – 1965) [1] was a professional freak show and sideshow performer, exhibited for his heavy tattoos under the stage names The Great Omi and The Zebra Man. Early life
Omi, protagonist of the animated TV series Xiaolin Showdown; ... Horace Ridler (1882–1965), professional freak and sideshow performer known as "The Great Omi"
The Space Cowboy performing in Dublin. Hultgren performs a number of acts, including juggling a sickle, machete and fire torch, or a battle axe, jungle machete and a butcher knife, whilst blindfolded on a 10-foot unicycle, catching flaming arrows blindfolded shot from a crossbow, suspension (the art of dangling from hooks in the flesh), seven ball juggling, hat manipulation, spoon bending ...
Achi no omi (阿知使主, 3rd century – 5th century) also known as Achiki (阿直岐) or Achikishi (阿知吉師), was the legendary founder of the "Yamatonoaya clan (東漢氏)" who settled in Japan with his son Tsuga no omi. [1] He is considered one of the three most influential Toraijins alongside Yuzuki no Kimi and Wani during the Kofun ...
Omi (Japanese: 臣) is a hereditary noble title of ancient Japan. It was given to the descendants of the Imperial Family before Emperor Kōgen . Along with Muraji , Omi was reserved for the head of the most powerful clans during the Kofun period .
Among his customers were King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King Frederik IX of Denmark, and performer Horace "The Great Omi" Ridler. Though it was reputed that he tattooed the "Sailor King" George V of the United Kingdom , there is no reliable evidence to attest to this actually being the case.
Through the 5th and 7th centuries, the Soga monopolized the kabane or hereditary rank of Great Omi and was the first of many families to dominate the Imperial House of Japan by influencing the order of succession and government policy. The last Soga predates any historical work in Japan, and very little is known about its earliest members.
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Omi Province highlighted Ukiyo-e print by Hiroshige of the sailboats at Yahashi, one of the Eight Views of Ōmi, c. 1834. Ōmi Province (近江国, Ōmi no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. [1] It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit.