Japan’s relationship with tattoos has always been an interesting one. Both hailed and hated, tattoos sit in a strange middle ground here – celebrated for their ...

"The Art of the Tattoo" is going across the globe to talk to Italy-based artist Lupo Horiokami of Mushin Tattoo. Now tattooing for over 14 years, Lupo opens up about his passion for the unique ...

Tattoos are by nature fleeting, a living art form that dies with the body which serves as its canvas. But a new book manages to pin down the Japanese practice of irezumi, or traditional tattooing, by ...

From starkly rendered waves crashing over a shoulder to a stern samurai warrior wielding a sword on one’s back, the striking designs expressed in Japanese tattoos are among the most iconic in the ...