A spine tattoo (or anywhere on the back) is ideal for people who want to commit to one but can cover it up on most occasions, which makes this trend popular for, well, anyone. However, now that ...

Today, Japanese tattoo culture is studied around the world, and motifs of the Edo period live on. Underlying all skin printed with lions, eagles, peonies, dragons, and snakes, Kuniyoshi’s ...

According to legend, the tattoo was elevated to an art form by thieves and printmakers. In the late 1820s, a Japanese artist named Utagawa Kuniyoshi illustrated a 14th century Chinese book about ...

Ariana Grande currently has the number one song in the country with "7 rings." In celebration, Grande got a new tattoo on her hand with the characters “七輪.” In Chinese, this roughly ...

San Jose tattoo artist turns his Japanese culture into pieces of art A photo exhibit featuring traditional Japanese tattoo art, called "American Irezumi" is coming to San Francisco's Main Library ...

Events Gaze at “Tattoos in Japanese Prints” at the MFA “Tattoos in Japanese Prints” features nearly 80 works by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a great ukiyo-e master, and his contemporaries.