Horiyoshi III, 1946-

LC control no.	no2015044910
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Horiyoshi III, 1946- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Nakano, Yoshihito, 1946- 中野義仁, 1946- 彫よし III, 1946-
Birth date	1946-03-03
Place of birth	Japan
Field of activity	Tattooing Scrolls, Japanese Art, Japanese
Affiliation	Somerset House (London, England) Östasiatiska museet Umeå universitet. Bildmuseet
Profession or occupation	Tattoo artists Artists--Japan
Special note	Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found in	Legacy, the Horiyoshi III tradition, 2006: title page (Horiyoshi III) page 9 (book is a collection of photographs taken of Horiyoshi III's tattoos for an exhibition at the Musuem of Asian Antiquities in Stockholm, Sweden; other photos taken in 2006) Yūrei sakigake sanjūroku kinzu, 2007: t.p. (III-daime Horiyoshi) colophon (Nakano Yoshihito) brochure (tattooing artist, b. 1946) OCLC viewed Mar. 25, 2014 (access point: Nakano, Yoshihito, 1946, Nakano, Yoshihito, Horiyoshi III; usage: Nakano Yoshihito, Horiyoshi III) Wikipedia viewed Mar. 25, 2015 (Horiyoshi III is a tattoo artist specializing in Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits" called "irezumi" or "horimono". He was born Yoshihito Nakano in 1946, and at an early age, he was inspired by the "irezumi" masters. He visited the legendary artist Yoshitsuru Muramatsu, also knows as Shodai Horiyoshi of Yokohama, and he received his own tattoo from Horiyoshi II, Shodai Horiyoshi's son. At 25, he became Horiyoshi I's apprentice and in 1971, Horiyoshi I bestowed on him the honorific title "Hor" or "to carve". At Horiyoshi's studio in Yokohama, Horiyoshi III did all outlining of his tattoos by hand unitl the late 1990's, when he began to use electric needles and machines. But he still applies shades and color using the tradition "tebori" or Japanese hand tattooing technique. He restricts his motifs to classical Japanese designs. Horiyoshi III works have been published: "Tatto designs of Japan", "36 Ghost", "108 Heroes of the Suikoden", "100 demons", "58 Musha", and "The Namakubi". His former American-Japanese apprentice Horitaka has also published his works: "Bushido", "Tattoos of the floating workd", "Studying Horiyoshi 3", "Dragons by Horiyoshi3", "The Horiyoshi3 sketchbook", "Horiyoshi3 photobook". Senior apprentice Alex Reinke Horikitsune and apprentice partner Matti Sedholm Horimatsu formed "Kofuu-Senju Publications" to publish "Ryushin", "Kokoro", and "Dentouswza". An exhibition of Horiyoshi's titled "Kokoro: The art of Horiyoshi III" was on display at Somerset House in London, 21-March - July 2012 Horiyoshi III Web site, viewed March 25, 2015: (Horiyoshi III or Nakano Yoshihito was born on March, 9, 1946 in Japan. For over 40 years, he mastered the art of irezumi tattooing (whole body tattooing) using the traditional "tebori" Japanese hand tattooing technique for shading and colors. All designs are based on classical Japanese motifs. He has published profusely; and the "Fokuu-Senju Publications" was founded in 2009 in Horiyoshi III's name by his apprentices for the publishing of fine art and high quality prints. Horiyoshi III has appeared on television and films, and in workshops and seminars. His current focus is on creating traditional Japanese silkscreen paintings, which are being mounted on traditional silk scrolls called kakejiku. Exhibitions have been held at the Tokyo Harajuku Gallery (2013, 2014), the Somerset Exhibition, 2012, the National East-Asian Museum of Stockholm, Sweden (1986, 2005), and at the Bildmuseet Umea Sweden (2006)) Suiko retsuden zufu, 2001: t.p. (三代目彫よし = 3-daime Horiyoshi) colophon (中野義仁 = Nakano Yoshihito)
Invalid LCCN	n 2008011960 n 2008011959