Tattoo in Japan

My images have entered brick-wall museums again! Several of my new images of the young Japanese guys from tattoo conventions in Aichi (Japan) have entered exhibition in Las Vegas. I started to exhibit my images in 2014 in the Museum...

Applying tattoo was repeatedly prohibited and accepted in Japanese history. In the Yayoi period (c. 300 BC–300 AD) tattoo designs were observed and remarked upon by Chinese visitors. Such designs were thought to have spiritual significance as well as...

Battle of Japanese tattoo artists against Japanese government and public opinion is still on. Read another great article here. Masuda (29year old Japanese tattoo artist) trial was held at the Osaka District Court between April and August 2017. Encouragingly...

Tattoo art has entered brick-wall museums without any doubt!! It is already the fourth museum which created amazing huge exhibition of world tattoo art, originally set up by Museum de Branly in 2014. After the most successful exhibition in history of...

Please read detail about such movement at www.savetattooing.org/

Horiyoshi III proved himself as great painter and instead of tattoo work, he exhibit every year his drawings. It’s a great pleasure to meet this old master who even though is struggling with his health for several years his...

Sanja is here!! Horikazu family always actively participated on Sanja festival, more over the most of clients of the Horikazu family are people from Asakusa, people who participate & love this festival. My 400+ pages photo-book about lifework of...