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The actors Morita Kan’ya XIII and Ichikawa Dan’emon II playing the roles of Komori no Yasu and the female sumotori Oteyama in the drama “Komori no Yasu-san”, which was staged in August 1931 at the Kabukiza. by @irezumi__

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Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre by artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi around 1844. by @irezumi__

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Photographed by @ronin_de_goede , the man depicted was a client of Asakusa Horikazu, captured stepping into a natural hot spring in Kusatsu, 2017. by @irezumi__

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Photograph titled Japanese Yakuza, taken in 1977 by Belgian photographer Claude Charlier. by @irezumi__

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Okamoto Toko is a painter who looks straight at the essence of what she is painting, especially the delicacy of women depicted with refinement as if you could feel the temperature, humidity and the air rising from the surface of the work, a mysterious world created by her great artistic senses. by @irezumi__

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Japan, c. 1865.

Two tattooed kago bearers pose beside a traditional sedan chair, a rare glimpse into the world of Japanese tattooing during the final years of the Edo period.

Long before modern Irezumi, tattoos were worn proudly by working-class men, including laborers, porters, and firemen. by @irezumi__

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This print is from relatively early in Yoshitoshi’s career, when he was still working within the traditional musha-e / narrative ukiyo-e tradition. by @irezumi__

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Movie: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

The Ghost of Yotsuya is a 1959 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on the kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan. by @irezumi__

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Dragons imagery is common in Buddhism. As Buddhism spread through Japan from the sixth century onwards, the dragon was also incorporated into the county’s native religious, Shintoism.

Dragons, which dislike filth and protect against disease, were a perfect fit with Shintoism emphasis on purity and cleanliness.

Artist: Totoya Hokke by @irezumi__

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Oniwaka Observing the Great Carp in the Pool. From the series Thirty-Six Ghosts.

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi by @irezumi__

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The physical pain of Japanese tattooing is difficult to understand unless you’ve experienced it yourself. It is a process that demands patience, endurance, and commitment. by @irezumi__

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Tattooed man posing with a sake bottle while seated on a barrel. Typically depicted as a member of the working class—such as a laborer or firefighter—who got irezumi as a form of spiritual protection, personal identity, or both.

Photograph by Adolfo Farsari. (This photograph has been altered). by @irezumi__

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