Japanese tattoo Wabori(和彫)


 Hello everyone.

Today I'd like to talk a little about Japanese tattooing.


In Japan, tattoos have a very strong image of yakuza.

In the old days, yakuza was an organization that helped the strong and discouraged the weak, but they also have rules and customs that are different from the common sense of the world, and if they get into trouble, they can be very scary.

They are just like the Italian mafia, like the Godfather.


We all want to live a decent life, but the fact is that we are attracted to the smell of evil.

Bad things are cool and have a unique beauty to them.

There are many Kabuki characters that have Japanese carvings on them.

It can even be one of the elements that cannot be written off as stylistic beauty.


When an actor plays a role, he or she wears a "skin undershirt," a thin shirt-like material with a tattoo pattern on it, over bare skin.

This way, when the kimono is rolled up, the tattoo can be glimpsed.


Tattoos have a strong image of the yakuza, but the original history of tattoos is said to have started with men who were engaged in strenuous work such as steeplejackers.


Japanese carving is done with the intention of carrying various gods or words that are important to you for the rest of your life.

It is not an instant process of "Oh, this doesn't fit, so let's erase it.

It is not an instant thing like, "Oh, this doesn't fit, so let's erase it." You have to pay a lot of pain, money, and time to carve that determination into your body.

The finished work is very beautiful.


In addition, the work of a steeplejack is always accompanied by death.

I have heard that the origin of Japanese carving is that when a person jumps into a fire and may be burnt to death, he puts his name on his back so that his wife and children will know that he is their husband.


Tattoos in other countries are also very beautiful and colorful, and it is very interesting to see how they differ from culture to culture.



However, tattoos are still not well understood in Japan, and sometimes people are refused to get tattoos at hot springs where a lot of people go.

Even at fitness gyms, you may be asked to hide your tattoo.


However, if you trace back a little bit, you will find a lot of imagination!


I recommend Kabuki.

I recommend "Natsumatsuri Naniwakagami".(夏祭浪速鑑)

I recommend the Kabuki play "Naniwakan Natsumatsuri." The main character Danshichi's tattoos, wig coming undone, hair coming undone, and his killing moves covered in mud and blood are very cool!



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