Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving), also known as chōkoku (彫刻, "sculpture"), are the engraved images in the blade of a nihonto (日本刀) Japanese...

Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits," called Irezumi or Horimono. Nakano was inspired when he saw a Yakuza (Japanese gangster) with a full-body...

irezumi, a gikun reading of these kanji. Tattoos are also sometimes called horimono (彫り物, lit. 'carving') which have a slightly different significance. Tattooing...

alongside Horihide's apprentice, Kazuo Oguri (also called Horihide) in 1973. Horimono Crez (25 May 2017). "Horihide: in memory of the Master". Tattoo Life. Archived...

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of this tradition, practitioners use manufactured tattoo inks. Japanese horimono practices include tebori tattoos made by hand using sumi ink. This ink...

on tang, and a carving inscribed on the blade, which is referred to as horimono, are also the objects of appreciation. The Hon'ami clan, which was an authority...

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The most common word used for traditional Japanese tattoo designs is horimono. Japanese may use the word Western tattoo as a loan word meaning any non-Japanese...

Khmer/Laos/Thai (Yantra) South Korean Japanese Ainu (Anchi-piri) Yamato (Irezumi, Horimono) Ryukyuan (Hajichi) Middle Eastern Kurdish/Yazidi (Deq) Native American...