#37 入れ墨 Tattoo

Japan's flamboyant tattoo culture, which continues to this day, was established in the mid-Edo period. Toward the end of the Edo period, the technique of tattooing as a form of decoration was greatly developed and refined, incorporating techniques such as ukiyoe (woodblock prints) led by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A large area of the back was used as a single picture, and in addition to ukiyoe figures such as Suikoden and samurai pictures, dragon and tiger, cherry blossoms, and other designs were also favored. A wide variety of colorful tattoo techniques were perfected during this period, including the uniquely Japanese idea of connecting pictures on different parts of the body according to the fl...View all