tattooing

The background that is called GAKU has specific shapes and names depending on the part of body.

Hori-name is a typical way of naming tattooists in Japan. In old times carvers also used to use this way. Hori means both carving and tattooing.

Fading ink: Japan’s ‘hand-carved’ tattoo masters fight to keep their art aliveI was interviewed by Oscar Holland from CNN in 2019.At that time, I was about to fly to Canada to attend

I would like to share this YouTube by OPB about Horisuzu because he said something very impressive in this video, though it’s a bit old.