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"This is a wonderful hand tinted photo from the 1930's of a traditional Irezumi tattoo artist tattooing the back of a woman, with a mythological scene. In Japanese, irezumi literally means 'inserting ink' and can be written in several ways, most commonly as 入れ墨. Synonyms include bunshin (文身, lit., \"patterning the body\"), shisei (刺青, lit., \"piercing with blue\"), and gei (黥, lit., \"tattooing\"). Each of these synonyms can also be read as 'irezumi', a gikun reading of these kanji. Tattoos are Irezumi Tattoos, Japanese Coquette, Back Of A Woman, Japanese Irezumi, Irezumi Tattoo, Antique Images, Unique Greeting Cards, Japanese Women, Love Cards
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Wonderful Early 20th C. Hand Tinted Photo Portrait Of A Japanese Woman Having Her Back Tattooed Coquette 5x7 Greeting Card

"This is a wonderful hand tinted photo from the 1930's of a traditional Irezumi tattoo artist tattooing the back of a woman, with a mythological scene. In Japanese, irezumi literally means 'inserting ink' and can be written in several ways, most commonly as 入れ墨. Synonyms include bunshin (文身, lit., \"patterning the body\"), shisei (刺青, lit., \"piercing with blue\"), and gei (黥, lit., \"tattooing\"). Each of these synonyms can also be read as 'irezumi', a gikun reading of these kanji. Tattoos…