One of Japan’s top tattoo artists creates traditional Japanese art on a woman’s back during a cultural performance for the press in Tokyo. The presentation aimed to introduce the historical ...

In a phone interview from San Francisco, Tuttle spoke loquaciously about traditional Japanese ... “A true Japanese tattoo has meaning. Kanji is not a Japanese tattoo; it’s just a tattoo.” ...

The tattooist here, who asked to be identified simply as Ryugen, specializes in traditional ... referring to the Japanese tradition of covering large portions of the body in tattoos.

For some, "Wabori: Traditional Japanese Tattoo" may be the perfect coffee-table book to kill time with at a cafe, and that would be fine. The more than 250 glossy pages in this book contain enough ...

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 ...

The tattooist here, who asked to be identified simply as Ryugen, specializes in traditional ... referring to the Japanese tradition of covering large portions of the body in tattoos.