Horikazu from Tokyo Asakusa is a prolific horishi, a Japanese
traditional tattoo master who has been active for the past forty years.
Young Horikazu then moved to Tokyo he
hoped to be introduced to Horiyoshi II, but it never happened. Instead
he started to work as an assistant of Horitake Sensei from Asakusa. He
taught him not just tebori tattoo technique, but also “ ways of life—of
how a man should be….”
After some time working for Horitake
sensei, Horikazu began to want to learn tattoo art overseas, especially
in Hamburg. It was year 1970. “My reason for choosing Germany was
because of the famous tattoo artist, Herbert Hoffmann.
Horikazu lived and work more then 40
years in Asakusa. He loved this place, very lively and busy quarter of
the city, hub of traditional culture and popular entertainment with
number of traditional festival through the year.
Through the period of several years
Horikazu and his clients were intensively photographed by Czech
photographer Martin Hladik. After Horikazu died in 2011, all images has
been published in large 400+ pages book in Germany and it became “must
to have” for many oversea tattoo masters. Order the book here.
Clients, knowledge as well as spirit of
Horikazu tattoo studio has been inherited by his son Horikazuwaka, who
naturally took over of his tattoo business. Beside the business itself
he gained also father’s artistic name and became – Horikazu II.
Contatos:
http://horikazu.com/
https://www.facebook.com/horikazu.official
http://choshu-horikazu.tumblr.com/
https://instagram.com/horikazu/
horikazu.official@gmail.com
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