Another exhibition of tattoo in brick-wall museum!! Let me invite you to the famous Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. Beside the fact that such museums were always “Off limit” for whatever exhibition of tattoo, I am pleased to announce that my image...

Play for free copy of tattoo book of Asakusa Horikazu! 250 US$ at Amazon, 190US$ in our online shop Finally I also have enough books for sell and some of them are going to be FREE! Here is the...

Free Books available I have free copies of Asakusa Horikazu available for journalists, editors or those on-line magazines who are willing to write a review about the book or an interview with me, photographer of the book. Horikazu – Lifework of the...

Royal Ontario Museum asked me recently to exhibit some of my image. One of them was the image exhibited last year in Museum de Branly in Paris which is image of client of Horiyoshi III. I went to visit...

SUITA, Osaka Prefecture–A tattooist here is taking legal action against a police crackdown that he says threatens his livelihood and an art form that dates back centuries. Taiki Masuda, 27, filed a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court after...

Time is flying……. It is been already 4 years when Asakusa Horikazu, great traditional tattoo master died. He left behind his son Horikazuwaka who didn’t inherit only his name, hundred of original drawings, but also clients. Fortunately also very good...

Horiyoshi III  accompanied by his son met Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado in Tokyo Palace Hotel, while joining Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan’s 70th anniversary celebration. As unique as it is, especially in country where general opinion is that tattoo is...

Horihide is one of the most famous, still alive Japanese tattoo masters, who made Japanese tattoo famous in other countries. As young tattooist Horihide was amazed by colors of tattoo of American servicemen who he met in Japan in...

Constantly pushing the wheel forward that would be simple characteristic of Horiyoshi III. I admire this old tattoo master for his ability to produce his artwork even though his health isn’t in very good shape for years. During the...