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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...
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Tokyo National Museum.
Wakizashi forged by
Nanki Shigekuni (ja) with a
horimono engraved on the
blade by
Ikeda Gonsuke Yo****eru. Edo period, 1622, Important...
- ****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...
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alongside Horihide's apprentice,
Kazuo Oguri (also
called Horihide) in 1973.
Horimono ijd Crez (25 May 2017). "Horihide: in
memory of the Master".
Tattoo Life...
- one of the
Three Great Spears of ****an.
Forged in 1967 by
Living National Treasure Masamine Sumitani and
engraved with a
horimono by Sensyū Kokeguchi....
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engravings depicting gods, dragons, or
other acceptable beings,
called horimono. Some are more practical. The so-called "blood groove" or
fuller does not...
- 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...
- 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...
