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Horiyoshi III is a ''horishi'' tattoo artist, specializing in Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits," called ''Irezumi'' or ''Horimono''. ==Biography== Horiyoshi III was born Yoshihito Nakano in 1946. Nakano was inspired when he saw a ''Yakuza'' (Japanese gangster) with a full-body tattoo in a public bathhouse when he was a young boy, "about eleven or twelve." This inspired him to visit legendary tattoo artist Yoshitsugu Muramatsu, also known as Shodai Horiyoshi of Yokohama. Nakano got his own tattoo from Horiyoshi II〔—Shodai Horiyoshi's son—and lead to Nakano becoming Horiyoshi I's apprentice at age 25. Horiyoshi III is the second tattooist be granted that honorific title, which passes from master to apprentice. The tattooist affixation ''Hori'' means ''to engrave'' or "to carve."〔 Muramatsu bestowed this title upon Nakano in 1971. His wife, Mayumi Nakano, is the general manager of his public "Tattoo Museum" located close to the Yokohama Station, which he founded in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horiyoshi III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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