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Irezumi means traditional, hand-tattooed
full-body tattoos in the Japanese style.
Even though irezumi is now most widely
known, and used in Japan when talking
about tattoos, it is originally a rather dis-
respectful, negative term for tattoo.
The appropriate, nice Japanese term is
horimono.
Go to the --> Japanese Tattoo library section.
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