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  2. Irezumi - Wikipedia

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    Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.

  3. Hannya - Wikipedia

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    In the 1964 Japanese horror film Onibaba, an older woman wears a hannya mask after stealing it from a samurai. The 1975 Japanese experimental short film Ātman depicts a figure in an outdoor environment, wearing a robe and a hannya mask. [25] [26] The Demon (鬼), a stop-motion short film by Kihachirō Kawamoto, features an onibaba with the ...

  4. Horiyoshi III - Wikipedia

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    Nakano was inspired when he saw a Yakuza (Japanese gangster) with a full-body tattoo in a public bathhouse when he was a young boy, "about eleven or twelve." [3] This inspired him to visit legendary tattoo artist Yoshitsugu Muramatsu, also known as Shodai Horiyoshi of Yokohama. [4]

  5. Onryō - Wikipedia

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    Onryō are used as subjects in various traditional Japanese performing arts such as Noh, Kabuki, and Rakugo; for example, hannya is a Noh mask representing a female onryō. [5] The Japanese people's reverence for onryō has been passed down to the present day.

  6. Oni - Wikipedia

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    Oni Mask [45] is a story where a young girl goes off to work at a ladies' house to make money for her ailing mother. She talks to a mask of her mother's face once she is done with her work to comfort herself. One day, the curious coworkers see the mask and decide to prank her by putting on an oni mask to replace the mother's mask.

  7. Ainu culture - Wikipedia

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    A woman with tattoos around her mouth. She wears ninkali (ear rings) in her ears, a lektumpe (necklace) around her neck, and a tamasai (necklace) down her neck Traditional tattoo patterns of Ainu women Traditional tattoo patterns of Ainu women, with regional differences. Tattoos were an important symbol of the gods associated with the belief in ...

  8. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman') [1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She is most often described as a tall woman ...

  9. Hajichi - Wikipedia

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    The tattoos could represent pride in being a woman, beauty, and protection. [4] They were associated with rites of passage for women and could indicate marital status. The motifs and shapes varied from island to island. Among some peoples it was believed that women who lacked hajichi would risk suffering in the afterlife. [5]

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