"Hajichi" tattoo artist Moeko Heshiki displays her traditional Ryukyu body art during an interview with AFP in Okinawa - Copyright AFP Philip FONG "Hajichi" tattoo ...
Inside a small tatami room just outside the center of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, a quiet rebirth of a once-banned tattoo practice is taking place. Moeko Heshiki, one of the few remaining ...
PHILADELPHIA — How many people can say they’re in a 13-person worldwide collective of people doing their specific job? Or that folks travel from all over to work with them? Most of us certainly can’t, ...
Moeko Heshiki is no ordinary tattoo artist: she is one of the few people keeping the once-banned tradition of hajichi body art alive for the indigenous Ryukyu people of Japan’s Okinawa region. The ...
Moeko Heshiki is no ordinary tattoo artist: she is one of the few people keeping the once-banned tradition of hajichi body art alive for the indigenous Ryukyu people of Japan’s Okinawa region. The ...
The once-banned tradition of hajichi body art of the Indigenous Ryukyu people of Japan's Okinawa region is being revived by a new generation. The traditionally hand-poked markings were once common on ...
Naha (Japan) (AFP) – Moeko Heshiki is no ordinary tattoo artist: she is one of the few people keeping the once-banned tradition of hajichi body art alive for the Indigenous Ryukyu people of Japan's ...
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