Tattoos are moving away from the negative, stigmatic stereotypes that surround their image and becoming a more socially acceptable form of self-expression. The key questions are these: where did the industry begin, where is it going, and are these stereotypes relevant today?
A Brief History
The Japanese, some time before the Romans, were the first to use tattoos to mark criminals as a form of punishment. In the late nineteenth century they were outlawed altogether, and took on the heavy criminal connotations we associate with the Yakuza organized crime syndicates.
In contemporary Japan, although this law is no longer in place, it is not at all uncommon to be asked to leave a restaurant or cafe for having even a small visible tattoo.
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