Tebori Styles & Design

Tsuki-bori

Tsuki-bori is a methodology of traditional Japanese hand tattooing that, according to the records of the Tokai Tattoo Club of Japan, is a reference to the "thrust" method of tattooing based in Osaka and western prefectures.

Hane-bori

According to the Journal of the Tokai Tattoo Club of Japan, hane-bori is a reference to "sweep-up," a method of Tebori hand tattooing rhythms employed by artists of Tokyo and the Eastern Areas of Japan.

Often, the tsuki-Bori method is looked upon as a simplistic method of Tebori tattooing, less difficult to master than hane-bori.

Tebori Design

Tebori tattoos contain rich, multi-layered pieces of art, with each aspect contributing to the whole design.

      

Bokashi

the fading of black work used to graduate shading in traditional, often used in clouds and sword swipes.

Kakushi-bori

sometimes referring to tattooing near the armpits, on the inside of the thigh or in the private or "secret" places on the body, also the hiding of words in the petals of flowers.

Suji-bori

Kebori

fine lines, such as, but not limited to, hair.

Keshow-bori

secondary images in order to support the other image.

Bokashi

Nijuw-bori

when an artist tattoos a traditional character in Tebori that was tattooed, the tattoos of that character must be correctly portrayed in the received tattoo.

Nuki-bori

to tattoo only the main image without the support of keshow-bori.

Suji-bori

outline of a tattoo, "Suji" meaning “line.”