彫ほり師し

noun

tattoo artist; tattooist

Specifically refers to a professional who creates tattoos, often in the context of traditional Japanese irezumi.

• 彼かれは有ゆう名めいな彫ほり師しに背せ中なかの入いれ墨ずみを彫ほってもらった。

  He had a famous tattoo artist tattoo his back.

noun

engraver; carver; sculptor

Broader term for someone who carves or engraves materials like wood, metal, or stone. Less common than 彫刻家 for fine-art sculptors.

See also: 彫り物師

• その彫ほり師しは木きに美うつくしい模も様ようを彫ほった。

  The carver engraved a beautiful pattern into the wood.