Antique Japanese wakizashi sword blade showing the horimono, of a chrysanthemum
Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving), also known as chōkoku (彫刻, "sculpture"), are the engraved images in the blade of a nihonto (日本刀) Japanese sword, which may include katana or tantō blades.[1] The artist is called a chōkokushi (彫刻師), or a horimonoshi (彫物師, "engraver"). There are a variety of designs, which include tsume (爪) "claws", kusa kurikara (草倶利伽羅) (Arabesque style), Munenagabori (created in Munenaga), renge (蓮華) (lotus blossom) and rendai (蓮台) (lotus pedestal), fruit, dragons, and many others.
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Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving), also known as chōkoku (彫刻, "sculpture"), are the engraved images in the blade of a nihonto (日本刀) Japanese...
Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits," called Irezumi or Horimono. Nakano was inspired when he saw a Yakuza (Japanese gangster) with a full-body...
irezumi, a gikun reading of these kanji. Tattoos are also sometimes called horimono (彫り物, lit. 'carving') which have a slightly different significance. Tattooing...
on tang, and a carving inscribed on the blade, which is referred to as horimono, are also the objects of appreciation. The Hon'ami clan, which was an authority...
bamboo needles. Hajichi from Okinawa Two types of Hajichi Japanese tattoo Horimono Batok "Exhibition traces history of Okinawa tattoo tradition that became...
alongside Horihide's apprentice, Kazuo Oguri (also called Horihide) in 1973. Horimono Crez (25 May 2017). "Horihide: in memory of the Master". Tattoo Life. Archived...
long lineage of swordsmiths under the same name, Nobukuni famous for his horimono images carved into the blades, and Takagi Sadamune (江州□住貞宗 - goshu takaki...
of this tradition, practitioners use manufactured tattoo inks. Japanese horimono practices include tebori tattoos made by hand using sumi ink. This ink...
The most common word used for traditional Japanese tattoo designs is horimono. Japanese may use the word Western tattoo as a loan word meaning any non-Japanese...
aesthetic: dedications written in Kanji characters as well as engravings called horimono depicting gods, dragons, or other acceptable beings. Some are more practical...
capable of touching. With Yun Ling's permission, Aritomo created a complex horimono tattoo on her back. It now appears this tattoo might contain a map to the...
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