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Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
Ensō (c. 2000) by Kanjuro Shibata XX.Some artists draw ensō with an opening in the circle, while others close the circle.. In Zen art, an ensō (円 相, "circular form") [1] is a circle hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express the Zen mind, which is associated with enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind.
The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting. [31] [32] The final ka is a common suffix that could have multiple meanings. [33] According to Monier-Williams, a majority of scholars consider the swastika a solar symbol. [31]
Tomoe ( 巴, also written 鞆絵), [ a] commonly translated as "comma", [ 2][ 3] is a comma-like swirl symbol used in Japanese mon (roughly equivalent to a heraldic badge or charge in European heraldry). It closely resembles the usual form of a magatama . The tomoe appears in many designs with various uses.
By the early 21st century, tattoos were stigmatized in Japanese culture, and many Japanese associated them with the Yakuza. However, there was a movement to revive the practice as a symbol of female empowerment and of their Ryukyuan cultural heritage. [4]
Yamato-damashii "Japan, Japanese" compounds Yamato (大和, "great harmony") with damashii, which is the voiced rendaku pronunciation of tamashii (魂 "spirit; soul"). Both these kanji (Chinese characters used in Japan) readings Yamato (大和) and damashii (魂) are native Japanese kun'yomi, while the Wakon (和魂 "Japanese spirit") reading is Sinitic on'yomi borrowed from Chinese Héhún ...
Koru. The koru ( Māori for 'loop or coil') [ 1] is a spiral shape based on the appearance of a new unfurling silver fern frond. [ 2] It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattooing, where it symbolises new life, growth, strength and peace. [ 3] Its shape "conveys the idea of perpetual movement," while the inner coil "suggests ...
Horimono. 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 ...