A R T E I R E Z U M I

IREZUMI HORIMONO UKIYO E SUMI E ARTE TATTOO

[immovabletanuki]

[thekimonogallery]

Tattooing for spiritual and decorative purposes in Japan is thought to extend back to at least 10,000 BC. [text via wiki]

[thekimonogallery]

Blind Masseurs Fighting at Night.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  Abot 1800, Japan, by artist Utagawa Toyokuni I

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Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) dir. Teruo Ishii

[nao-san-no-kagoshima-love]

大魚神社の海中鳥居

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(vía Samouraï | Samurai helmet, Samurai armor, Samurai warrior)

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いつもありがとうございます😊 https://www.instagram.com/p/CFreb2sJzPP/?igshid=ogpc6dnvgbsw

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ‘Fashionable Octopus Games’ (流行蛸のあそび, ca. 1840).

Aka, Kuniyoshi on special form 🦑✨

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Aishiteru (I love you), by Mitsuru Nagata.

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Kishi Chikudo 竹堂 岸 (1826 - 1897), Cat on a tree branch, under the silver Moon, 1880

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Bat and the Moon, by Takahashi Biho (ca. 1900).

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[thekimonogallery]

Tattoo artist Horiyoshi III… Irezumi 入墨.  About 1970’s, Japan.

[arteirezumi]

From the Book “ Irezumi Decorated with Honor” by  Makoto Kubota

For the past six years, acclaimed Japanese photographer Makoto Kubota has photographed dozens of practitioners of the ancient Japanese art of “irezumi.”

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人生に余白の美しさを the beauty of empty moments/spaces in life, by Souun Takeda.

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Dragon in the clouds, by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850).

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Heron in the snow, by Ohara Koson (ca. 1920)

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Affiche 0207

Titre : Bôkyô komoriuta

Réalisateur : Shigehiro Ozawa

Casting : Ken Takakura

Année : 1972

Toei

[gasen-tattoo]

#japanesetattoo https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mQWI4Jaa4/?igshid=zk0o1w0u1l4g