Wold of Old Japanese Tattoos / Circa late 1880s

World of Old Japanese Tattoos, circa late 1880s

Since the influence of Confucianism and Buddhism on the Japanese culture, tattoo art has a negative connotation for the majority of the Japanese people. In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes.

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