Sasa Tattoo

Sasa Girl tattoo, she is very sexy and beautiful !

Classic Looking Female Japanese Tattoo

Modern Japanese Tattooing History

Between the Kofun Period and the Edo period the orgins and hsitory of tattoos and their usage becomes some what obscure. However, it is clear that tattoo came in and out of fashion during various periods of times. Tattoos were often still used to mark criminals but there are also periods of time when they became fashionable to wear.

Then finally during the Edo period the art form that we know today as Irezumi was developed. During this period of time the Japanese discovered or borrowed the art form of wood block printing from the Japanese. The Japanese artists would use chisels, gouges and ink to create these beautifully designed art works. They essentailly used their tools to carve out wood and then inked the wood with a strong permenent ink and pressed the wood block onto paper creating a art form called wood blocking. Thus the art of decorative tattooing was born.

These artists were not content just doing their work in wood or onto paper and they eventually started doing the work into skin creating the art form of Irezumi or tattooing. Amazingly enough they were able to use the same tools chisels, gouges and ink to do their tattoo work. Talk about a painful tattoo! Although interesting enough some people still practice this form tattooing today and they beleive that these tattoos have a deeper and longer lasting color then tattooing done with modern tattoo guns and inks.

It is unclear and a matter of debate who wore tattoo during the Edo period. Some scholars beleive that the mercahnt class were the ones that bore these elborate tattoos. While other beleive it was the lower clas who wore and even flautned their elborate tattoos. It is clear however, that during this period many firemen would get tattoos as a form of spirtiual protection.

Crazy Tattoo

Yes you’re right, it’s the the gifted tattoo artist Julie Becker. Funky fresh.......

Pupa Tattoo Art

Tatuaje Mariposa Pupa Tattoo Granada

Henna Tattoo On Beautiful Upper Arm

Henna tattoo on upper arm. Very beautiful and elegant in the hands of a girl

Tattoos In Modern Japan

During the Meji period the Goverment offically outlawed and banned tattooing. This was done in an effortto make a good impression on the West. However, this offical ban did very little to stop tattooing. Forgieners started comming into the country to seek out highly skilled tattoo artists and the ban simply drove the art form of tattooing underground.

Then during the occuptation starting in 1945 tattoos were offically legalized. However, much of the criminal history still seems to linger on throughout today. This association with the criminal has lead much of the development of tattooing to be done underground and mainly become part of the Mafia world known as the Yakuza in Japan. In fact to this day many establishements will not allow a person with tattoos to even enter their business. Most public baths, and hot springs have ban anyone with tattoos. They feel that it willdrive fear into their customers and they will lose improtant business.

In the past decade or so many younger generations of Japanese have started getting tattoos. Many of them are not going witht he traditonal Japanese themes or designs. Nor are the using the traditonal way of getting tattoos done. Instead they are getting more Western designs like tribal tattoos and etc. Thay also tend to favor using more westernized tattooing done with a tattoo gun and inks.

The old fashioned way of getting a tattoo done with Chisels and gouges is very time consuming and costly. A typical full body suit tattoo can take between 1 to 5 years to complete (one hour or more a week) and can cost around 30,000. However, despite these factors these forms of traditional tattooing do still exsist in Japan today.

Flower Tattoo Of Style India

Tattoo flower with leaves of style tattoo india

Sexy Woman With A Beautiful Tattoo On The Back

Sexy woman with full-back tattoo is very beautiful. Body looks relaxed and relieved for the photos. Truly very beautiful.

Hawaiian Flower Tattoo Picture

If you are thinking about getting any type of flower tattoo theny ou might want to consider getting a Hawaiian flower tattoo. In reality this is kind of a misnomer becuase there are truly hundreds of Hawaiian flowers and lots of different species of flowers that inhabit the islands of Hawaiin there is not just one flower. However, when it comes to tattoo designs typically Hawaiian flower tattoo are in reality reffering to Hibiscus tattoos. It is just that so many people do not know the name of the hibiscus flower and instead they call it the Hawaiian flower.

Two Sexy Girls With Tattoo

Two Girls dressed in minimal, while the tattoo show at the body of the most interesting

Tattoo Full Back Color

Full body tattoo on beautiful back. With a tattoo design that is very beautiful mozaic views

The Girl With A Small Flower Tattoo

Tattoo tiny flowers in a body of Sexy Girls. Although it seems simple but to attract the male view.