Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Term Japanese Tattoo

    Responding to requests friends about the term Japanese tattoo, I'll try to explain a little about these terms.
    • Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 文身 (also pronounced bunshin), 剳青, 黥 or 刺青): tattoo (noun or verb)
    • Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving): tattoo. This is another word for traditional Japanese tattoos.
    • Horishi (彫り師, 彫物師): a tattoo artist.
    • Bokukei, bokkei (墨刑): punishment by tattooing.
    • Tebori (手彫り, literally to carve by hand): describes the technique of tattooing by hand.
    • Hanebori (羽彫り, literally to carve with a feather): a hand-tattooing technique employing a feathering motion.
    • Tsuki-bori (突き彫り): a hand-tattooing technique employing a thrusting motion.
    • Kakushibori (隠し彫り, literally hidden carving): tattooing near the armpits, the inside of the thighs and other "hidden" body areas. Also refers to the tattooing of hidden words, for example among the petals of flowers.
    • Kebori (毛彫り): the tattooing of fine lines or of hair on tattooed figures.
    • Sujibori (筋彫り): outlining, the outline of a tattoo.
    • Shakki: the sound needles make when they puncture the skin.
    • Irebokuro (入れ黒子): from ire or ireru, which means to insert, and bokuro or hokuro, a beauty spot
    • Yobori: "Yo" (European) tattooing. The Japanese-English slang term for tattooing done with the machine.
    • Sumi (墨): The ink used to tattoo, traditionally mixed by the apprentice
    • Hikae: Chest panel tattoo
    • Nagasode (長袖): Arm tattoo, to the wrist
    • Shichibu (七分): Tattoo 7/10ths of the sleeve to the forearm
    • Gobu (五分): Tattoo 5/10ths of the sleeve to above the elbow
    Examples of Japanese Tattoo:







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