A photo exhibit featuring traditional Japanese tattoo art, called "American Irezumi" is coming to San Francisco's Main Library in October, featuring the work of San Jose tattoo artist Takahiro ...

RFI: What was the traditional Japanese tattoo method used at that time? PB: The traditional hand style technique used is called tebori. It means carving by hand. It uses bamboo or wooden sticks ...

The reason they are frowned upon is because tattoos are reportedly often associated with the Yakuza — a Japanese gang that covers their entire body with tattoos. The foreigner, who has a tattoo ...

Holding a 14-inch bamboo stick with 27 needles on the end, he's practising tebori, a traditional Japanese form of tattooing. He describes this art as "a very secretive world". Tattoos take ...

A man who spent £800 to have the Samurai bushido code tattooed onto his arm in Japanese was left with something completely meaningless when the tattoo artist missed out a line and got the ...

Joe Rogan revealed he got a tattoo of legendary Japanese samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, after reading 'The Book of Five Rings' at the age of 16. In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE ...

We’re talking about those insanely detailed tattoos of a Japanese oni mask and samurai helmet that cover his entire chest and back. Uzi’s latest ink wasn’t a run-of-the-mill tattoo job.

One day he decided to get a tattoo. While he was there, his tattooer, a guy named Phil Sparrow, showed him a book that changed the course of his life. “He brought a book out and it was Japanese ...

According to the New York Times, South Korea’s rejection of the practice stems from the century-long association between gangs and tattoos. Inspired by Japanese customs, in the early 20th-century ...