1. Japanese Tattoos (A.K.A: Irezumi)

2. Japanese Tattoos A.K.A: Irezumi/Horimono
Where Irezumi is done?
History of Irezumi/Horimono?
Tools, and its version of Flash art.
What Japanese society thinks of them?
Pictures!!!

3. Japan Eastern Asia Chain of islands
Between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan
Population: 127,333,002 (July 2004 est.)
Yokohama

4. History Around 400 to 500 bce. Was used as a way to mark criminals.
Firefighters had them.
1773 the Shi Hu Chuan novel
(Suikoden).

5. Tools of the trade
Long rod with one to 42 or even more needles on the end.
Flash art: illustrations of the 108 heroes from the Water-Margin.

6. the Shi Hu Chuan novel (Suikoden).
Tale of 108 heros, 4 are tattooed
1773 ce.
Illustrations by: Kuniyoshi
Outlaws helping the poor from the rich.

7. Horimonoshi
Horiyoshi III is Japan’s most renowned irezumi artist (Horimonoshi).
He does most of the work the old way.
The artist takes the name of his teacher

8. Quote from Horiyoshi III
“Time is the most important aspect of Irezumi, Irezumi is a symbol of what a person had to endure in order to get it”.

9. Can I See your Tatts
In Japan the beauty of having tattoos is to hide them, but show them off during a festival.

10. Societies view on Irezumi
People associate tattoos with the Yakuza.
Tattooed people are discriminated.

18. cited http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html