Senju Horimatsu Irezumi art prints available now!

SENKO now has a webshop selling Senju Horimatsu's paintings for Irezumi as high quality art prints.

Interested? Go here!

New writings by Horimatsu at SENKO!

I have finally started to write on Irezumi again, but this time at SENKO, which is the new Irezumi project I am currently involved in. It's very exiting!
The first of a series of posts regarding tradtitional Japanese Irezumi tattoos and the designs we use is a little something on the Koi. To dive right in please go here!

New photography website by Horimatsu.

I have finally launched a website dedicated to my photography, mainly focusing on Irezumi and Japan. I will be adding new and interesting images and galleries on a weekly basis, as well as writings on my experiences of working with the beautiful Fuji X-pro 1 camera. Feel free to visit www.senjuphotography.com

Horimatsu Android App out now!

Horimatsu has released a brand new app for android! This is the first in a series oncerning Irezumi, the traditinal japanese tattoo, and it presents the Koi (carp) with suggestions on various color patterns etc.
You can get it here!

New Irezumi project by Horimatsu and Madako

A Karasu Tengu from the new SENKO project by Horimatsu and Madako-

We have a new project in the works! Please go to www.irezumi.se for more information on what myself and my wife is up to at the moment.

Attention! New Website!

Hatsuhana continued.

For anyone that has missed that I now have a real website, this is for you. My continued blogging etc will all be done at www.horimatsu.com.

New Horimatsu Irezumi website!

Finally there is a real Horimatsu website, much due to the dilligent efforts of my dear friend Alex Kofuu Reinke Horikitsune. Please go to www.horimatsu.com. This blog has been added to the website and all new posts will be done there.
You are very welcome.
/Horimatsu

Ryu to Momiji.

Thimo from Germany came for a visit in order to start a new Nagasode irezumi tattoo. After three sessions we left it like this. Hopefully it will be concluded before the end of this upcoming summer.

40% off on "Ryushin"!! Only 5 more days to go!!

Kofuu-Senju Publications classic book of Irezumi master Horiyoshi III's fantastic dragon painitngs is still obtainable for merely 119 Euro plus shipping. The offer ends on January 26th, so be on your toes for this one!
Find more info in the upper right of this blog.

Horiyoshi III of Yokohama.
photo by Alex reinke

Ryu to botan Irezumi backpiece in the works.Today I colored the

Today I colored the big pink botan (peony) and the details of the dragons head. The yellow is still a bit bloddy in the photo, but usually rotary machine  works stops bleeding within the minute.

This traditional japanese tattoo has been in the works for a few years now. Odd how time slips away. Another appointment is scheduled for thursday next week and I plan to get a lot done during those three hours.