Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Yakuza Tattoos

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Many years ago in the era of Shogun, the Japanese authorities tattoo criminals to distinguish them from the rest of the population. They can in the form of black rings on the arms. If the sentence and convictions increased, so the rings on the arms.
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The men tattoo stick together and form gangs and eventually will be known as the Yakuza. These tattoos where worn proudly as a symbol of status and evolved into a Yakuza tattoo tattoo, and wonderful decorative covering the entire body. This is known as the Yakuza tattoos take two years to complete.
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It is believed that the Yakuza to be one of the largest factions of organized crime in the world, and they exist for a period longer than the mafia and their history can be traced back to the year 1612. The Yakuza does not matter what country you come from or what class of society they belong to, and Yakuza members must be willing to die for their president.

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Irezumi is the art of tattooing in Japan. This word means the insertion of ink. Can be referred to the subject of tattoo artist, and the person gets a tattoo, or tattoo themselves. Japanese samurai, who tattooed themselves even if they had died in the battle also use tattoos, clothes and armor looted after, there will be still a way to to not be recognized.
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In modern Japan, it is now believed widely that if you do a tattoo on the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. Many companies and hot springs pools and private, do not get to enter the establishment as a form of tattoos.

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