Japanese Tattoo:Koi
Here’s a few facts about japanese tattoo.
- Irezumi (???, ??, ?? (also pronounced bunshin), ??, ? or ??) — tattoo (noun or verb)
- Horimono (???, ??, literally carving, engraving) — tattoo. This is another word for traditional Japanese tattoos.
- Horishi (???, ???) — a tattoo artist.
- Bokukei, bokkei (??) — punishment by tattooing.
- Tebori (???, literally to carve by hand) — describes the technique of tattooing by hand.
- Hanebori (???, literally to carve with a feather) — a hand-tattooing technique employing a feathering motion.
- Tsuki-bori (????) — a hand-tattooing technique employing a thrusting motion.
- Kakushibori (????, literally hidden carving) — tattooing near the armpits, the inside of the thighs and other “hidden” body areas. Also refers to the tattooing of hidden words, for example among the petals of flowers.
- Kebori (???) — the tattooing of fine lines or of hair on tattooed figures.
- Sujibori (???) — outlining, the outline of a tattoo.
- Shakki — the sound needles make when they puncture the skin.
- Irebokuro (????) — from ire or ireru, which means to insert, and bokuro or hokuro, a beauty spot
- Yobori — “Yo” (European) tattooing. The Japanese-English slang term for tattooing done with the Machine.
- Sumi (?) — The ink used to tattoo, traditionally mixed by the apprentice
- Hikae — Chest panel tattoo
- Nagasode (??) — Arm tattoo, to the wrist
- Shichibu (??) — Tattoo 7/10ths of the sleeve to the forearm
- Gobu (??) — Tattoo 5/10ths of the sleeve to above the elbow
Koi , or more specifically nishikigoi , literally “brocaded carp”), are ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. They are also sometimes called Japanese carp.
It’s meaning is simple when tattooed. It means luck, lucky in ever way possible.
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You can have it any where in your body, make it a sleeve tattoo or chest tattoo. The decision is yours.
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