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...

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

Tattooed Life (刺青一代, Irezumi ichidai) is a 1965 yakuza action movie directed by Seijun Suzuki. The film stars Hideki Takahashi as "Silver Fox" Tetsu....

Most of his fellow inmates are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. Nick saves a yakuza named Kiyoshi from being hanged to death;...

Flower Vase a.k.a. Mature Vase: Tattooed Vagina (花芯の刺青　熟れた壺, Kashin no irezumi: nureta tsubo) (1976) is a Japanese pink film in the Roman Porno series...

Fukushi Masaichi and his son Fukushi Katsunari are known in Japan as "Irezumi Hakase" (刺青博士, approximately: "Dr. Tattoo"). Fukushi Masaichi studied at...

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Tokyo Tattoo Girls, known in Japan as Irezumi no Kuni, is a strategy video game developed by Sushi Typhoon Games, Nikkatsu's video game label. It was...

refer to the practice of traditional tattooing in Japanese culture; while irezumi usually refers to any tattooing (and often has negative connotations in...

known as the "wild man" and "tattoo minister" because of a large dragon Irezumi tattoo on his back. While many other politicians of his era descended from...