14/03/2020
Lens: Watabe Katsumi // ⠀
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Traditional Japanese tattooing, or , has been intertwined with the yakuza since their inception. In the Edo period (1603 to 1868), criminals were tattooed by authorities in a practice known as , making it hard for them to reenter society and find work. The tattoo culture of the yakuza evolved in protest to this branding.⠀
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