5 Reasons They Yakuza tattooing Whole Body

One characteristic of the Japanese mafia aka Yakuza is their tattoos all over their bodies . Not just any tattoo , picture or irezumi for Yakuza is made with beautiful detail and color . A tattoo artist uses the body as a canvas to paint his place .Yakuza tattoo history hundreds of years old . Probably as old as the Yakuza organization that had stood since the days of the shogun and the samurai .
Not only Yakuza men , the women had tattoos all over their body . Contrast white decorated multicolored tattoo .Actually there was no necessity Yakuza tattoos . Especially now that the police declare war against the Yakuza . Tattooed people was often regarded as the Yakuza and accept discrimination .
But still, the Yakuza manato their bodies . Here's an excerpt from unikgaul.com about some of the reasons Yakuza decorate their bodies with tattoos .


1 . A star on the roadYakuza business not far from extortion , and earn money by not kosher . Society was afraid of the Yakuza . They had a star in the Yakuza tattoos jalan.Misal if there is a cab , the cab definitely will immediately cease . The taxi driver was afraid that if not stopped will note the taxi number and ' bullied ' other Yakuza members .


2 . To be safe in prisonYakuza world synonymous with violence . Quite often they have to deal with the police and ended up in jail penjara.Di , petty inmates would not dare interfere with members of the Yakuza . This tattoo was so kind of protection as tattooed yakuza considered definitive . They are safe and will not be enslaved other prisoners .


3 . Respect to the leaderYakuza identical with the body covered in tattoos on his body . To make these tattoos , they spend money is not small even exceeded hundreds of millions rupiah.Banyak wrong , there really is not special in Yakuza tattoos .
Only ethics to Komicho ( headmen ) , so it looks like a tattoo . So as a courtesy to pemimpin.Awalnya there are two basic colors that become a necessity that is red and black .
Most members of the Yakuza tattoos that pictorial dragons, tigers , butterflies , cherry blossoms , flower Chrysantinum ( chrysanthemums , chrysanthemum flower ) , related to Buddha images ( Fudo Myoo ) as well as the devil or skull . But now more and more tattoo artists more creative so diverse.


4 . Pride beat painTo tattooed body can not at the same time because it contains a substance toxic to tattoos . In only allowed twice a week , at most three times workmanship tattoos . So no wonder it takes a long time to meet the body can tato.Tidak once , can not tattooed every day , 2 times a week .
The solution is the year , some are more . Depending on the level of difficulty and detail the tattoos and colored or not , clearly dia.Bagi beat Yakuza tattoo pain like when it honored . Workmanship is the best tattoo by hand Tebori.Sebab called if we are using the machine, will quickly fade and the colors will be lost , he said .


5 . Love the beauty and the art of tattooingDaughter of Yakuza boss , Shoko Tendo , so amazed to see the whole body Yakuza tattoos . After a 21 -year -old , Shoko began tattooing his body . According to Shoko , there is no necessity for a Yakuza tattoos .
There is no compulsion . I am happy to do so because of a tattoo , I Shoko.Shoko began adorning her body with tattoo addiction . Almost all tattoos decorated her curves . Barely left untouched anymore tattoos . The process is approximately four months for the entire tattoo , the word has a large tattoo picture dia.Shoko woman with a knife in his mouth . But he admitted there was no specific meaning . Nothing is meaningless . If the creator was just looking really good so if decorated like this , he said .