Tebori, A Traditional Japanese Hand Tattoo Japanese tattoos are known for their bold lines, historic patterns and imagery, and total body coverage. The techniques for tattooing that developed in Japan used hand tools, and it wasn’t until the mid 20th century that machines first came to Japanese tattooing. In Japan, tattoos are often larger-scale full [...]

Horimono by Bunshin Horitoshi

Horimono is a word used to describe irezumi (Japanese Tattooing) or to describe the carving of images into a sword blade.