Tebori is the traditional Japanese method of tattooing by hand. Instead of a machine, the artist uses a wooden or metal handle called a Sashibo with needles fixed at the tip, and works the ink into the skin using a rhythmic pushing and rotating motion. No motor. No buzzing. Just the artist's hand, reading the skin in real time. The word itself tells you everything. 手 — te — means hand. 彫り — hori — means to carve or engrave. Hand carving. That's what it is. How Tebori Japanese