noun
Specifically refers to a professional who creates tattoos, often in the context of traditional Japanese irezumi.
彼は有名な彫り師に背中の入れ墨を彫ってもらった。
He had a famous tattoo artist tattoo his back.
noun
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: 彫物師
その彫り師は木に美しい模様を彫った。
The carver engraved a beautiful pattern into the wood.
Compound of 彫り (hori, 'carving', the continuative form of 彫る horu 'to carve') and 師 (shi, 'master, specialist').