入れ墨
Mythologyunderthe skin.
Irezumi in the tradition of the horishi — each backpiece a living ukiyo-e, each sleeve a narrative earned over years of sitting. Tebori and machine, sumi ink ground by hand.
Available
now.
Each design is one-of-one. Claim with a non-refundable deposit to lock your session. Pricing shown is the full design cost.
Snow Daruma
雪達磨
Ascending Ryū
昇り龍
Fuyuzakura
冬桜
Hannya Mask
般若
Koi in Waterfall
滝登り鯉
Oni Lantern
鬼提灯
Ink as inheritance.
Tebori
Hand-carving with a sashibo — ink worked into the skin with a digging motion, no electricity, no automation. The technique of the horishi, passed through strict apprenticeship.
Sumi Ink
Ink ground by hand from sumi sticks, diluted to achieve the hikui gradients — the shimmer from solid black through silver-grey that takes years to master.
Composition
Every motif flows with muscle lines and bone structure. Nothing is placed arbitrarily — the body is the canvas and its anatomy determines the design.
"The horishi does not decorate the body — they reveal the mythology that was always living inside it."
Richer color, less trauma, deeper ink saturation. Work that matures with the skin.
Used for outlines where precision and speed serve the composition.
Mythological
narratives.
Organized by iconography, not body part. Each piece is a chapter in an ongoing mythology.
Ascending Dragon
昇り龍Full back piece — Ryū ascending through storm clouds, three-clawed feet gripping thunder.
22 sessions · 14 monthsThe ascending dragon embodies the rise to power and divine protection. Three claws denote the Japanese Ryū, distinct from the four-clawed Chinese dragon.
Hō-ō Phoenix
鳳凰Chest and shoulder composition — the immortal bird rising through peonies and paulownia.
14 sessions · 9 monthsThe Hō-ō represents imperial virtue and the union of heaven and earth. It appears only in times of peace and prosperity.
Fudo Myoo
不動明王Back piece — the immovable wisdom king, sword of fire, rope of salvation.
28 sessions · 18 monthsFudo Myoo is the fierce protector who destroys ignorance and purifies the mind. His flames burn away delusion; his rope binds the demons within.
Oni Mask
鬼Thigh piece — Oni with chrysanthemum and autumn maple, the demon as guardian.
6 sessions · 4 monthsThe Oni serves as protector as much as destroyer. Wearing the demon keeps lesser spirits away — to bear its image is to claim its power.
Hannya & Serpent
般若と蛇Sleeve — the jealous woman transformed, coiled with white serpent and wisteria.
18 sessions · 11 monthsHannya represents the madness of a woman consumed by jealousy and obsession. The serpent coiled around her signifies the transformation into something beyond human grief.
Build your
mythology.
A custom irezumi is a multi-year collaboration. The consultation begins with narrative — what story does your body need to carry? Budget, placement, and references come second.