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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.
Horimono can also refer to the practice of traditional tattooing in Japanese culture; while irezumi usually refers to any tattooing (and often has negative connotations in Japan), "horimono" is usually used to describe full-body tattoos done in the traditional style. [2]
Horiyoshi III (Japanese: 三代目彫よし, Hepburn: Sandaime Horiyoshi, born 1946 as Yoshihito Nakano (中野 義仁)) is a horishi (tattoo artist), specializing in Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits," called Irezumi or Horimono.
Nonetheless the practise became less and less common over time and by the 1950s most young women in Okinawa rejected getting the traditional tattoos. [ 8 ] By the early 21st century, tattoos were stigmatized in Japanese culture, and many Japanese associated them with the Yakuza . [ 4 ]
Japanese tattoo artists (5 P) Pages in category "Japanese tattooing" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Chrissy Teigen has some new ink! On Monday, the Cravings: Hungry for More author showed off her delicate elephant tattoo located on her wrist.“In my past life I was an elephant,” the caption ...
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Traditional Japanese tattoos are still "hand-poked", that is, the ink is inserted beneath the skin using non-electrical, hand-made and hand held tools with needles of sharpened bamboo or steel. This method is known as tebori .