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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) ****anese...
- ****anese
traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits,"
called Irezumi or
Horimono.
Nakano was
inspired when he saw a
Yakuza (****anese 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...
- 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...
- Khmer/Laos/Thai (Yantra)
South Korean ****anese Ainu (Anchi-piri)
Yamato (Irezumi,
Horimono)
Ryukyuan (Hajichi)
Middle Eastern Kurdish/Yazidi (Deq)
Native American...
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bamboo needles.
Hajichi from
Okinawa Two
types of
Hajichi ****anese
tattoo Horimono Batok "Exhibition
traces history of
Okinawa tattoo tradition that became...
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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...
- long
lineage of
swordsmiths under the same name,
Nobukuni famous for his
horimono images carved into the blades, and
Takagi Sadamune (江州□住貞宗 -
goshu takaki...
- Khmer/Laos/Thai (Yantra)
South Korean ****anese Ainu (Anchi-piri)
Yamato (Irezumi,
Horimono)
Ryukyuan (Hajichi)
Middle Eastern Kurdish/Yazidi (Deq)
Native American...
- of this tradition,
practitioners use
manufactured tattoo inks. ****anese
horimono practices include tebori tattoos made by hand
using sumi ink. This ink...
