#japanese tattoo

[zegalba]

Japanese Tattoo Ladies II by Keibunsha (1991) Photography By: Akimitsu Takagi

#Japanese Tattoo Ladies II #japan #tattoo #body #japanese tattoo #photobook #Akimitsu Takagi #1991

[dyingenigma]

mooi chen by chang yue hsuan

#diaozuo tattoo #japanese tattoo #photography #photoshoot #mooi chen #sabukaru online #my upload

[zoetica]

Bodysuit tattooed in the traditional Japanese stick-and-poke style by Asakusa Horikazu, photographed in the artist's Tokyo den in March 2024. ©Zoetica Ebb More photos and my impressions from this memorable visit can be viewed here.

#zoetica ebb #my work #Asakusa Horikazu #Japan #stick and poke #wabori #tebori #tattoos #japanese tattoo #traditional tattoo #portrait #yakuza #japanese culture

[cheeryembers]

When I read the @mutantninjamidlifecrisis story there were A LOT of moments where it keeps me on my toes.

One of this (many) moments was the instant where the fox yokai tried to rip off the bandanas from Leon's leg and he threw him to the floor.

The sirens get loud, the room was bathed in a vivid red light and his heart started to race in his chest... what a scene! It was so fast and thrilling at the same time!

I draw this instant not because it's particulary important or cooler than other scenes but because here we can see a glimmer of what Leon’s anger can do if his family is threatened (and even because I finally get the inspiration to draw this moment).

I really hope you like it.

P.S. like the other post, you can notice that I like tatoos... but damn boy, he LOOKS SO COOL with this massive snake dragon tatoo! I love it.

#rottmnt #mutant ninja midlife crisis #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise leo #rise leonardo #rottmnt leo #rottmnt fanart #future leo #future leonardo #rottmnt yokai #japanese tattoo #tmnt 2018 #digital art #rise fanart #f!leo #f!leonardo #mnmc

[tokyo-fashion]

Japanese Gothic Tattoo Artist on the Street in Harajuku

Japanese gothic tattoo artist Alice Novi Ray - who told us his favorite band is 88Kasyo Junrei - wearing Vivienne Westwood fashion, an armor ring, and rocking horse shoes on the street in Harajuku. Full Look

#Japanese Fashion #Japanese Tattoo #Japanese Streetwear #Harajuku #88Kasyo Junrei

[tomatostyle]

Another Commission of triad Chun li!

#art #fan art #drawing #art work #anime #manga #digital art #digital #artists on tumblr #game #sf6 chun li #chunli #chun li #chun #chun li street fighter #streetfighter #street fighter #street fighter 6 #sf6 #sfiv #sf #illustration #illustrator #triad #yakuza #tattoos #japanese tattoo #sexy tattoed women #tattoed girls #commission

[tanuki-kimono]

Irezumi kei (tattoo penalty) as depicted in the [徳鄰厳秘録 - Tokuringenbiroku], a kind of penalty instruction book compiled in 1814, digitalized by the National Archives of Japan.

CW for this post about Edo period judiciary => mentions of physical punishment, torture, death penalty (text only, no details, no graphic illustrations) . The irezumikei pages above are p.19 to 25.

I won't reproduced the illustrations here, but the Tokuringenbiroku book also presents other Edo period "punishments" and death penalties, like different types of goumon (torture), gokumon (decapitation and exposure of the head to public view), kakei (stake), haritsuke (crucifixion), or tameshigiri (sword cut testing, here on executed convict corpse). Please proceed to the full book according to your sensibilities!

Back to irezumi kei : the markings of character Akaza (from Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon's Slayer) are directly inspired by those, same for Mugen in Samurai Champloo for example:

After Tokugawa Yoshimune's reforms abolished bloodier punishments (nose or ear cutting) for lesser crimes (like theft, gambling or fraud), irezumikei spread, inspired by Chinese bokkei practices.

Yet, zainin (lawbreakers) were also often beaten or whipped (tataki), which could be a "light" sentence or more far extreme one. Women tended to be imprisoned instead.

Punishment tattoos also often went alongside tokorobarai (banishment), which had several levels depending on the crime. You could be banished to a remote island, just away from your city, or forbidden to enter a certain perimeter.

Exile is why different areas had different marks, placed on the arms or faces, easily identifying the person as a criminal convicted in another region.

Number of lines or dots were often used to symbolize repeated offences (pic below source). Most of the times, getting 3+ irezumikei could grant you death penalty.

Irezumikei maybe be why criminals came to use extravagant tattoos, as to cover their infamous marks, leading to the yakuza association with body ink.

Yet, other strata of population also favored figurative tattoos, so the link between criminals and tattoing in Edo period is not self-evident.

Some shapes of -sode (sleeve part of a tattoo) for example left arm interior bare, maybe to prove then that no armband tattoo was hidden underneath a bigger design.

#japan #japanese history #Edo period #crimes #judiciary #theft #fraud #cw: physical punishment #cw: torture #cw: death penalty #irezumi #Japanese tattoo #horimono #irezumikei #criminal tattoo #yakuza #tokorobarai #tataki #gokumon #kakei #haritsuke #tameshigiri #徳鄰厳秘録 #Tokuringenbiroku

[squatinacaprium]

Commission

#my art #digital artist #digital illustration #digital art #irezumi #ukiyoe #ukiyo e #tattoo design #japanese tattoo #japanese dragon #dragon irezumi #dragon tattoo #oni demon #oni #yokai

[diablo1776]

#japanese tattoo #japanese tradition #japanese girl #japanese culture #girls with tattoos

[zegalba]

Japanese tattoo artist, Tokumitsu Uchida proudly displaying tattoo markings made by his father Goro Uchida, Japan (1955)

#Tokumitsu Uchida #tattoo #japan #japanese tattoo #goro uchida #1955

[jareckiworld]

Tsunero Nakamura — Tattoo Mark (oil and ink, on canvas, 1978)

#Tsunero Nakamura #japanese art #japanese tattoo

[sallymayblondeenka]

サリー・メイ(Sally May) in Rashamen Oman: Higanbana wa chitta らしゃめんお万 彼岸花は散った (1972) AKA FOREIGNER'S MISTRESS OMAN: FALLING AUTUMN FLOWER.

#サリー・メイ #sally may #rashamen oman #pink film #japanese film #japanese model #tattoos #japanese tattoo #irezumi #foreigner's mistress oman

[peaxhesncreme]

alt version of the cowgirl barbie🐮

#my post #me #girls with tattoos #girls with ink #blonde #selfie #bimbo blonde #bimbo babe #bimbocore #blonde babe #traditional tattoo flash #japanese tattoo #self #mine

[tokyo-fashion]

Japanese idol/artist Hakua-Gozen - of the group Tokyo Psychopath - on the street in Harajuku wearing a WEGO tank top with Zara mermaid pants, arm warmers, WEGO items, and studded Dr. Martens. Hakua, who speaks English, is an out lesbian who has shared several posts on Instgram about her experiences growing up gay in rural Japan and then moving to Tokyo. Hakua Gozen on Instagram

#Japanese Fashion #LGBTQ #happy pride 🌈 #Harajuku #Japanese Tattoo

[tomatostyle]

Commission of Evelyn Kirihara for client

#fan art #art #drawing #art work #anime #manga #digital art #digital #artists on tumblr #game #commission #art commisions #commissions #illustration #illustrator #yakuza #yakuza tattoo #tattoos #japanese tattoo #sexy tattoed women #tattoed girls #tattoed hottie #tattoed babe #Evelyn Kirihara #Evelyn #kirihara

[arturocordero83]

Art by Ozuma Kaname

#art #OzumaKaname #ilustration #japan #japanese tattoo