Hey @anikihistory, great video! I have enjoyed several of your videos so far. I just wanted to bring something to your attention: when you are talking about the Emishi in the north, you continue to call them Jomon after and then show a picture of the Ainu indigenous group. I work in indigenous studies research in Japan. There is a... complicated... history of the Ainu as being described as being culturally unchanged from the Jomon (which is very untrue), especially on TH-cam. While it is also true that the Jomon in Hokkaido are a part of Ainu heritage, the trope of them BEING Jomon continues to play into stereotypes. I understand that editing and fixing that one section may be a really big ask, so maybe just a disclaimer about that section in the description of the video would help ease misunderstandings. Other than that, its an awesome video, and thank you for your channel highlighting some of the less talked about areas of Japan's history and culture.
Oh thanks for the correction! I don't think i can make any big edits like that after uploading, but I'll pin your comment so people can see it immediately! 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting btw! Much appreciated 🙏🏻
I showed this video to my wife’s great grandmother who’s from this region and she more or less said the same thing and briefly talked to me( thru my wife) not about the subjects in the video but just her. She seemed happy to be told of your comment tho I’m not sure why and really can’t talk with her because I don’t know her language. But it stuck out to me when visiting her family last spring.
Currently living in japan. I got tattoos all over my body and although people will tell you tattoos doesn’t matter if a foreigner has some I can tell you that people treated me different when they saw my tattoos. I respect every country’s manners so I hide my tattoos at all cost.
As a westerner I've always loved Japanese Tattoos, they're just so beautiful. Hopefully one day before I die I'll be able to take a trip to Japan and get a Traditionally done sleeve.
I have a full sleeeve and back done in waburi ( hand poke ) and if you get it done like that you’ll be quite a bit of time or possibly more than one trip
@@-Higashi- especially with the Horishi wait times, lol I thought my artist was bad, but I've heard stories of people having to wait 5 years for one session
My God man you've done it!For some reason there are pretty much no videos regarding Irezume/Tebori aka "Japanese tattoo"that go as in depth and discuss the true origins of this amazing art form..l have been waiting for this one for ever!You just made my week!As well I would ,without a second thought get tattooed this way as l have been a professional tattoo artist for 26yrs ad well as a huge admirer of this amazing style .l've many times tried my hand at creating traditional Japanese tattoo designs on both paper and skin... although l also remember that l am not from Japan so l always have tried my best not to appropriate or disgrace the art form...
Always blows my mind when a tattoo artist says a did a good job on this video, glad you enjoyed it! 😁 Yeah getting the look of Japanese tattoo designs right must be exceptionally difficult right? It's an art form usually passed down from generation to generation after all. 🤔
Thank You for creating/producing this video. Very well researched and written. I am White of European bloodlines, German, English, Irish, and Sicilian. I am born and raised in Los Angeles California and even as a child I have been interested in Japanese and Pacific Islander cultures as well as mainland Asian cultures of all the countries. I'm not obsessed and don't have my life arranged to try and be Asian by any account though I used to train in the Okanawa Style American Kenpo Karate and I raced semi professional Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe which is a very ancient tradition. I have two tattoos , both are on my arms starting at just above the elbow and cover the whole bi and tricept, shoulder and one onto my chest. The first one on my left arm is a somewhat modern slant (because of the American touches) of a traditional water dragon, very detailed, twisting upward from my elbow and waves crashing with water bars as he rolls around my shoulder with his head on my chest. Tattoo artist Jason Kundell who is famous for his traditional Asian art tattooing did my piece in his early years. My piece was done in 1997 and about 18 hours spent on it. My right arm has the Koi fish in a ghost - like, almost transparent form swimming up my arm twisting through water bars with a large Lotus blossom floating above himas he makes a turn. This tattoo was done by an apprentice (at that time) with great skills, named Edward Tsai who does fantastic work. This piece was done in 2013 and about 12 or 14 hours spent on this . The traditional meanings behind each characrer greatly influenced the reason for choosing them and the the stories tie together with the Koi swimming against all odds upstream to finally reach the Dragaon's gate/waterfall and has to use every last bit of determination and strength to climb up the falls to enter the lake where his journey ends as a Koi but is reborn as the water dragon and emerges from the lake to fly around spreading good luck and good fortune to all the villages and towns. Thank You again for this video.
Nice video! I have a sleeve done by tebori and the backpiece is in progress.. love the traditional Japanese tattoos. They hurt differently, wouldn’t say more or less but overall its very doable. I do prefer the traditional tebori way over machine. It has a richness like a layer whereas work by machine looks more flat.. hope that helps anyone looking for a traditional Japanese Tattoo🙏🏼
As a tattoo apprentice, this video is a god send! I also loved how you used the music from Okami in the background, one of my all time favourite childhood games. I instantly recognised it. Lovely video 🫶
@@anikihistoryThank you man, it's incredibly interesting and It give me a new perspective of the design choices and the regard by japanese society nowadays. Do you think, it's possible to give me some books name about the subject so I could get more informations ? Ty again, nice vids ❤ Ah, I also have another question. In the suikoden history, does the japanese adding the fact that the rebels had tattoos in their own translations or it was like this in the original story?
@@bobitime1871 Thank you so much for watching and commenting! As for book recommendations: I used a book by German author Dirk-Boris Rödel for around 90% of my research! Unfortunately, I am not sure if it's ever been translated into another language other than German. The book is called "Alles Über Japanische Tätowierungen", I hope you can find a translated version of it somewhere, it's truly an incredible resource! About your question regarding Suikoden: The aforementioned book states that the "Shui Hu Chuan", the original Chinese version of Suikoden, featured 4 characters with tattoos. Hope i was able to help you!
One thing i thought was interesting: Joey the Animeman had an interview with a former yakuza. This Yakuza said that Tattoos also had a very positive meaning in the past. Firefighters had them, so their bodies could be identified if things go south. Which apparently happened a lot. In the Edo Museum in Tokyo is a small section on firefighters in the edo era and these guys were playing with it hard. They were less fighting the fire than making sure people get away while things burn down.
Not only firefighter many construction workers, fisher man and mail man basically many people from the working class it was quite popular during the Edo period.
your research and presentation just fantastic .... I was a tattooist in the West for many years and always thought the japanese style of tattooing was so far ahead of the West and this was so enlightening .thankyou
Love your videos and story telling. Irezumi has a big following and not much videos going in depth about the mythology that a lot of the common subjects have. I hope you consider looking into this. Regardless I will be watching your videos.
super classic, never out of style, bold lines and rich color, will look good for so long. my sleeve i started 4 years ago looks damn near as bright as when i first got it
Such a fantastic little documentary. Japanese traditional tattooing is by far the most fascinating of all the tattoo genres. Wish there was more around on the subject at this high a bar.
@@anikihistory It's a beautiful soundtrack! You should check out the Okami Goju no Onchou album, it's an alternate version of the songs made with an emphasis of traditional Japanese instrumentation. I bet you'd love it ^^
To think that king George, the tsar and other royals had tattoos by the same artist! What a change in perspective this gives me. And makes me even more eager to finish my tattoo projects
Living in Tokyo for 2 years I have to say that a new era is starting. Youngers are doing non traditional tattoos, mostly influenced by foreigner artist and media. Still underground but I see an increasing number os visible tattoos since my last time here 8 years ago.
I enjoy your video so much, also how great you join history of tattoo from ancient Tyrolean and the many samples all over the world in such a interesting way... thank you, allways funny to look your videos...
It's a fascinating development culturally speaking. I would hope that one day soon, tattoos can be worn again without such negative connotations, because the Japanese style of tattoos are so unique to their culture and beautiful. I might consider one day traveling there to have a tattoo done as well.
I would love to have a full body tattoo the traditional way but I hear artists are so expensive and it takes a long time. I visit Japan for the first time tomorrow. I want to make the most of time in the country. There is so much to experience. Everyone loves Japan.
Great video. A lot of research went into this which is awesome. I have a traditional Japanese tattoo. Most by machine and some by hand poke. Machine hurts way more. Great job!
@@anikihistory I hope to go to Japan in a few years with my kids 😁 I’m guessing it is more painful, modern tattooing isn’t that bad. Healing is really the most annoying part. And going over scars and bones. The work over my wrist bone was probably the worst. I can only imagine how much the traditional way would hurt 😂 but whenever it happens I’m totally going to talk about the difference.
You didn't mention how they were outlawed during WW2. Or how American artists like Norman Keith 'Sailor Jerry' Collins reached out in the post war isolationism (again) to contact the modern day horishi to bring them to Hawaii and exchange knowledge of the craft, and usher in the current tattoo explosion. One of the most famous living elders is Horiyoshi 3, who had yakuza dealings as a young man, and curates a tattoo museum in Yokohama.
While I am mixed on even getting a tattoo, I am very interested in just seeing the art itself and what could be made of it. As cheesy as it may be I've really wanted to see what my favorite animal, the resplendent quetzal and quetzalcoatl, would look like in the styles of Japanese tattoo art/the art done in the Ryo ga gotoku games.
I heard that before the Edo era, large, colorful tattoos were very common among firefighters, sailors and fishermen, so that because of their profession, in the event of death in a fire or drowning at sea, the corpse could be found and recognized. That's why I believe that people with tattoos previously gave the image of someone who brought food and saved lives. Only during the Edo era did reading become popular, and novels may have influenced young people.
Thankfully tattoos are more accepted where I live (Canada) though even here tattoos are generally still expected to be hidden for you to be considered "professional"
My brother looks like a Yakusa cuz he is always mistaken for a Japanese (being a Taiwanese and lives in NZ) he's got like 6 giant tattoos (dragon, snake, rooster to represent his kids) and a surfing skeleton and a tribal design. He was told immediately as he landed in Japan for holiday this year to cover up his tattoos..😅
I recently I'm pretty good health I am seriously thinking of getting a tattoo simple Japanese word on the back of my the word Ronni be the end of the year
If all humans comes from Africa and Tattoos existed then… then Tattoos where invented in Africa and the individuals who settle different parts of the world brought it with them from Africa
I heard somewhere that to get a real traditional Japanese tattoo, you would first need to talk to the artist, and that it would be then the artist who would choose what to tattoo on you depending on his impression of the kind of person you are. I'm curious to know if it's a real thing that happens, and if it is, then I would like to know which design one of them would believe it's the appropriate for me. I'm cool with whatever, as long as it's not a dragon, or a Labrador... Guess it would be hard to act tough if you are in prison with a chinchilla tattooed all across your back, no matter how cool the design looks.
Van Gogh collected Japanese wood block prints. Around 500 survive and are part of the Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection. Van Gogh's "Bridge in the Rain(after Hiroshige)" is a clear example of the influence.
Japanese have definitely gone through about every phase of tattooing in society. The best rule for tattoos is, never think of one as a mere fashion accessory
The Yamato, I've heard, were instrumental in tattoos becoming less socially acceptable--as is mentioned here, they imported the culture and ideals of China.
Indeed! The Yamato can be found all over early Japanese history, they were instrumental in shaping Japan into what we know today. Surely tattoos had a certain stigma attached to them partly because of the Yamato's influence on culture at the time!
@@anikihistoryI originally thought their aversion to tattoos may have been owed to their being Israelite (though they did not follow all the Torah, as with other diaspora Israelites who also forgot their origins, many traces of their Jewishness could have remained embedded as a part of their generally accepted culture--eg, some "lost tribe" Jews still light candles on Friday, don't mix meat and milk, etc, without knowing particularly why, considering it just an idiosyncratic family practice), but maybe it really could have been "Chinese"--or both.
Would it be wrong for me as an American to get a tattoo of the Kanazawa waves the painting speaks to me and the only thing stormed is not wanting to offend anyone of that culture
@@anikihistory it seems like you’d need to go back to Mesopotamian times for that mate lotta ground to cover between then and the jomon mate I’ll let you do the hard work and take all the credit for your it infront of my friends 🤣😜😉
Art should remain art that doesn't disfigure or deface one's own body otherwise it is primitive since to destroy your own body is. Many people I have met who have a criminal history have tattoos outside of Japan.
If you're going to show off your tats, please hit the gym. Who are they meant to impress, women, men, themselves or nobody? Is it meant to denote status? I ask because I fell asleep to a WWII doc, ended up dreaming about getting a full body tattoo, posing in front a mirror to show it off, then waking up to some doughy guy showing off his tats and me almost vomiting. If you look like Steven Segal, go with the Ninja outfits.
I dislike tattoos, they’re ugly! My dad got hit by a bomb his hand was blown off and his teeth were blown out. His back was a green color from the burns he suffered. He also had pock marks from the shrapnel.The human body is beautiful without such coloring.
Western tattos are often a joke. Japanese tattoos on the other hand show pure skill. Its basically the comparison between suhi with sake, and avocado sushi that taste like crap with some mid craft beer that is worth 20 dollars
Great video! I'm writing a university essay comparing the history of European and Japanese tattoos in the early modern era and would love to know what some of your sources are here?
in the edo period. also fisherman or fireman had tattoos over there backs of what they do. there were no criminals threr were heros. still there is a fest in when they dance on the shrine and show threr back tattoos of.
Hey @anikihistory, great video! I have enjoyed several of your videos so far. I just wanted to bring something to your attention: when you are talking about the Emishi in the north, you continue to call them Jomon after and then show a picture of the Ainu indigenous group. I work in indigenous studies research in Japan. There is a... complicated... history of the Ainu as being described as being culturally unchanged from the Jomon (which is very untrue), especially on TH-cam. While it is also true that the Jomon in Hokkaido are a part of Ainu heritage, the trope of them BEING Jomon continues to play into stereotypes. I understand that editing and fixing that one section may be a really big ask, so maybe just a disclaimer about that section in the description of the video would help ease misunderstandings. Other than that, its an awesome video, and thank you for your channel highlighting some of the less talked about areas of Japan's history and culture.
Oh thanks for the correction! I don't think i can make any big edits like that after uploading, but I'll pin your comment so people can see it immediately! 😊
Thanks for watching and commenting btw! Much appreciated 🙏🏻
Thanks, that should work great!@@anikihistory
I showed this video to my wife’s great grandmother who’s from this region and she more or less said the same thing and briefly talked to me( thru my wife) not about the subjects in the video but just her. She seemed happy to be told of your comment tho I’m not sure why and really can’t talk with her because I don’t know her language. But it stuck out to me when visiting her family last spring.
Currently living in japan. I got tattoos all over my body and although people will tell you tattoos doesn’t matter if a foreigner has some I can tell you that people treated me different when they saw my tattoos. I respect every country’s manners so I hide my tattoos at all cost.
Lived in Japan most me life, cant go to onsens with a tattoo
@@buzz5969 bathing by yourself is better in my opinion anyway, no need to see others naked in your relaxing time
Not when I visited. I made lots of Japanese friends.
@@buzz5969 Cant go to ALL onsens you mean. And a bunch of them allow tattoos, as long as you cover them. Stop making shit up.
you can find ones in rural areas that are more relaxed about the restrictions@@spkz0r
As a westerner I've always loved Japanese Tattoos, they're just so beautiful. Hopefully one day before I die I'll be able to take a trip to Japan and get a Traditionally done sleeve.
Me ❤️ 2 japanese tats 😊
I have a full sleeeve and back done in waburi ( hand poke ) and if you get it done like that you’ll be quite a bit of time or possibly more than one trip
@@-Higashi- especially with the Horishi wait times, lol
I thought my artist was bad, but I've heard stories of people having to wait 5 years for one session
@@crazyd4ve875it really depends on the horishi if you go with my master you don't have to wait that much.
My God man you've done it!For some reason there are pretty much no videos regarding Irezume/Tebori aka "Japanese tattoo"that go as in depth and discuss the true origins of this amazing art form..l have been waiting for this one for ever!You just made my week!As well I would ,without a second thought get tattooed this way as l have been a professional tattoo artist for 26yrs ad well as a huge admirer of this amazing style .l've many times tried my hand at creating traditional Japanese tattoo designs on both paper and skin... although l also remember that l am not from Japan so l always have tried my best not to appropriate or disgrace the art form...
Always blows my mind when a tattoo artist says a did a good job on this video, glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Yeah getting the look of Japanese tattoo designs right must be exceptionally difficult right? It's an art form usually passed down from generation to generation after all. 🤔
Bro you deserve about 10 million more views, keep making amazing content!
Have all your fam and friends view it😊
Thank You for creating/producing this video. Very well researched and written.
I am White of European bloodlines, German, English, Irish, and Sicilian. I am born and raised in Los Angeles California and even as a child I have been interested in Japanese and Pacific Islander cultures as well as mainland Asian cultures of all the countries. I'm not obsessed and don't have my life arranged to try and be Asian by any account though I used to train in the Okanawa Style American Kenpo Karate and I raced semi professional Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe which is a very ancient tradition.
I have two tattoos , both are on my arms starting at just above the elbow and cover the whole bi and tricept, shoulder and one onto my chest. The first one on my left arm is a somewhat modern slant (because of the American touches) of a traditional water dragon, very detailed, twisting upward from my elbow and waves crashing with water bars as he rolls around my shoulder with his head on my chest. Tattoo artist Jason Kundell who is famous for his traditional Asian art tattooing did my piece in his early years. My piece was done in 1997 and about 18 hours spent on it.
My right arm has the Koi fish in a ghost - like, almost transparent form swimming up my arm twisting through water bars with a large Lotus blossom floating above himas he makes a turn. This tattoo was done by an apprentice (at that time) with great skills, named Edward Tsai who does fantastic work. This piece was done in 2013 and about 12 or 14 hours spent on this .
The traditional meanings behind each characrer greatly influenced the reason for choosing them and the the stories tie together with the Koi swimming against all odds upstream to finally reach the Dragaon's gate/waterfall and has to use every last bit of determination and strength to climb up the falls to enter the lake where his journey ends as a Koi but is reborn as the water dragon and emerges from the lake to fly around spreading good luck and good fortune to all the villages and towns.
Thank You again for this video.
This is so insightful and so beautifully made. Body art is such a cool thing.
Why not mention the ainu people in the north Of japan who did traditionaly have face tattoos
It’s very interesting that the artists are always the rebels pushing the boundaries.
Nice video! I have a sleeve done by tebori and the backpiece is in progress.. love the traditional Japanese tattoos. They hurt differently, wouldn’t say more or less but overall its very doable. I do prefer the traditional tebori way over machine. It has a richness like a layer whereas work by machine looks more flat.. hope that helps anyone looking for a traditional Japanese Tattoo🙏🏼
True tebori is less painful and it lasts way longer than the machine.
As a tattoo apprentice, this video is a god send! I also loved how you used the music from Okami in the background, one of my all time favourite childhood games. I instantly recognised it. Lovely video 🫶
I cannot even begin to tell you how much I look forward to your videos :)
I can't begin to tell you how glad i am to have you all watching my videos 🙏🏻
@@anikihistoryThank you man, it's incredibly interesting and It give me a new perspective of the design choices and the regard by japanese society nowadays. Do you think, it's possible to give me some books name about the subject so I could get more informations ?
Ty again, nice vids ❤
Ah, I also have another question. In the suikoden history, does the japanese adding the fact that the rebels had tattoos in their own translations or it was like this in the original story?
@@bobitime1871 Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
As for book recommendations: I used a book by German author Dirk-Boris Rödel for around 90% of my research! Unfortunately, I am not sure if it's ever been translated into another language other than German. The book is called "Alles Über Japanische Tätowierungen", I hope you can find a translated version of it somewhere, it's truly an incredible resource!
About your question regarding Suikoden: The aforementioned book states that the "Shui Hu Chuan", the original Chinese version of Suikoden, featured 4 characters with tattoos. Hope i was able to help you!
@@anikihistory scheisse!!! Nah, I don't speak german, but thank you for the answer. I'm gonna make my own research about the subject.
One of the greatest new channels on TH-cam, period!
Wow, thank you so much dude!
One thing i thought was interesting: Joey the Animeman had an interview with a former yakuza. This Yakuza said that Tattoos also had a very positive meaning in the past. Firefighters had them, so their bodies could be identified if things go south. Which apparently happened a lot. In the Edo Museum in Tokyo is a small section on firefighters in the edo era and these guys were playing with it hard. They were less fighting the fire than making sure people get away while things burn down.
That's kinda badass. They were more like superheroes than firefighters.
Not only firefighter many construction workers, fisher man and mail man basically many people from the working class it was quite popular during the Edo period.
A lotta research on these videos and very informative as usual, keep up the good work Aniki 👍
One of my most loyal viewers! Thanks as always 😁🙏🏻
Hell yeah, thanks for covering my favorite subject about Japanese culture
Thanks for watching! Fascinating topic, indeed
Great video! It paired so well with the Okami soundtrack ❤
Another amazing video! Starting my Japanese sleeve soon and I love learning more and more about irezumi. Keep it up man
Damn that's cool! Good luck with your sleeve and thanks for watching 🙏🏻😁
Your videos are awesome. Thanks for you work.
Thanks for watching! 🫶🏻
Just found your channel .. 2 videos in... great job ,very well done ,world class documentaries .you deserve 50times the subscribers. ...Subscribed ...
your research and presentation just fantastic .... I was a tattooist in the West for many years and always thought the japanese style of tattooing was so far ahead of the West and this was so enlightening .thankyou
Thank you for the great comment, means a lot to me especially coming from an actual tattoo artist 😁
Thanks for subbing as well, welcome aboard 🫡
Awesome video! I'm am going to get Japanese sleeves as well! Just love the irezumi tradition.
That's so cool! I don't have any tattoos myself but i really appreciate looking at them, the Japanese style is by far my favorite 😁
Love your videos and story telling. Irezumi has a big following and not much videos going in depth about the mythology that a lot of the common subjects have. I hope you consider looking into this. Regardless I will be watching your videos.
Cant believe how little attention this has. Awesome video
Great video, great history 🇯🇵
Thank ya! 🎌✌🏻
Thank you for the informative videos. I find them very interesting and fun.
Thanks for watching! Love making these, more is always in the works 😁
I'd get a traditional tat in an instant. The Japanese style is considered one of the most beautiful and artistic styles in the world.
super classic, never out of style, bold lines and rich color, will look good for so long. my sleeve i started 4 years ago looks damn near as bright as when i first got it
Such a fantastic little documentary. Japanese traditional tattooing is by far the most fascinating of all the tattoo genres. Wish there was more around on the subject at this high a bar.
This was amazing. Great history lesson.
DO YOUR REASEARCH PEOPLE!
That will be the differnce between a good Japanese tattoo and a "good" one
I hear you, Okami soundtrack!
I hoped that someone would notice that 😎 might be the most overlooked game in history
@@anikihistory One of the most beautiful games and soundtracks out there.
Came to the comments hoping other people noticed!
Please dont stop making these videos Aniki.
Don't worry, i'm only getting started 😎
Thanks for watching!
Great video thanks for the effort !
Love the use of Tokyo Vice clips 😍
Great video man i read alot about jappanese tattoos, but you brought forward some facts i never knew about 👌🏼
Glad i was able to tell you something new! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻😁
I was looking for cooper but found a gold. Thank you amazing job!
An in depth look into the history of Japanese tattooing, that opens with OKAMI music? I'm so here for this :D *grabs popcorn*
Was also great excuse for me to listen to this fantastic soundtrack while editing, I couldn't resist 😎
Digging the profile pic btw! 😬
@@anikihistory It's a beautiful soundtrack! You should check out the Okami Goju no Onchou album, it's an alternate version of the songs made with an emphasis of traditional Japanese instrumentation. I bet you'd love it ^^
To think that king George, the tsar and other royals had tattoos by the same artist! What a change in perspective this gives me. And makes me even more eager to finish my tattoo projects
Living in Tokyo for 2 years I have to say that a new era is starting. Youngers are doing non traditional tattoos, mostly influenced by foreigner artist and media.
Still underground but I see an increasing number os visible tattoos since my last time here 8 years ago.
very helpful and engaging video! awesome work! :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Omg I'm a decendant of otzi this is so exciting. (Just starting the video)
I enjoy your video so much, also how great you join history of tattoo from ancient Tyrolean and the many samples all over the world in such a interesting way... thank you, allways funny to look your videos...
Very nice video thank you for it!
Thanks for watching 😁
It's a fascinating development culturally speaking. I would hope that one day soon, tattoos can be worn again without such negative connotations, because the Japanese style of tattoos are so unique to their culture and beautiful. I might consider one day traveling there to have a tattoo done as well.
I would love to have a full body tattoo the traditional way but I hear artists are so expensive and it takes a long time. I visit Japan for the first time tomorrow. I want to make the most of time in the country. There is so much to experience. Everyone loves Japan.
Great video. A lot of research went into this which is awesome. I have a traditional Japanese tattoo. Most by machine and some by hand poke. Machine hurts way more. Great job!
Need to get a dragon to complete the scene (by most yakuza artist)
I'm a tattoo artist really enjoyed this documentary love the Japanese art especially the tattoo stuff❤❤❤
Damn that's cool! If a tattoo artist likes my video, i guess it must be good haha
Thanks for watching and commenting!
25:55 come to Japan next year
th-cam.com/video/URHjiUvv0KI/w-d-xo.html 9:00〜
Asakusa shrine’s MATSURI(festival)
21st. May
So cool! I would love to witness this in person someday!
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏻 ありがとうございます！
Wonderful doc thank you. I have some japanese tattoos myself.
I loved this video, I would absolutely try getting a tattoo the traditional way. ❤🇯🇵
I’ve wanted traditionally done Japanese tattoos for a couple decades now. I have a fair bit of ink already, but no back piece…
Report back to us if you ever go for it, would be interesting to know if it's actually more or less painful than the modern method
@@anikihistory I hope to go to Japan in a few years with my kids 😁 I’m guessing it is more painful, modern tattooing isn’t that bad. Healing is really the most annoying part. And going over scars and bones. The work over my wrist bone was probably the worst. I can only imagine how much the traditional way would hurt 😂 but whenever it happens I’m totally going to talk about the difference.
@@anikihistory much more painful indeed . but it is addicting after u done one. normally it ll take months to years to complete. lol
@@Val.Kyrie. just don't flaunt it around. u know. to prevent misunderstanding. i wear a couple but absolutely concealed.
@@MrNajibrazak I dress very modest but I can’t hide all of them.
This is very nice with the way you structured your chapters to bring us through to current and the illustrations are fantastic 😍
Awesome video.
I was also told by a friend who got a stick poked tattoo that it is somewhat less painful than with an electric tattoo machine
Ah yeah. My bachelor thesis topic. Nice
Fantastic choice! 🔥
Great job
Thank you!
Binge watching your channel 😊
And thank you very much for the history the tutorial🎉🎉
Thanks for watching! ✌🏻
You didn't mention how they were outlawed during WW2. Or how American artists like Norman Keith 'Sailor Jerry' Collins reached out in the post war isolationism (again) to contact the modern day horishi to bring them to Hawaii and exchange knowledge of the craft, and usher in the current tattoo explosion. One of the most famous living elders is Horiyoshi 3, who had yakuza dealings as a young man, and curates a tattoo museum in Yokohama.
I got a backpiece in this style when I was 18 :)
While I am mixed on even getting a tattoo, I am very interested in just seeing the art itself and what could be made of it. As cheesy as it may be I've really wanted to see what my favorite animal, the resplendent quetzal and quetzalcoatl, would look like in the styles of Japanese tattoo art/the art done in the Ryo ga gotoku games.
I heard that before the Edo era, large, colorful tattoos were very common among firefighters, sailors and fishermen, so that because of their profession, in the event of death in a fire or drowning at sea, the corpse could be found and recognized. That's why I believe that people with tattoos previously gave the image of someone who brought food and saved lives. Only during the Edo era did reading become popular, and novels may have influenced young people.
I was told that Irezumi is less painful than a normal tattoo.
It's true indeed and it would look way cooler the older it gets.
Yes would like to get a tattoo the traditional Japanese way.
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Oh I'd absolutely love to get a traditional Japanese tattoo. Though probably a smaller design instead of full body lol
Thankfully tattoos are more accepted where I live (Canada) though even here tattoos are generally still expected to be hidden for you to be considered "professional"
I think it's crazy how there is still a stigma around tattoos in 2023. Don't let that stop you from getting inked tho, it will look sick either way 🔥
@@anikihistory only thing that'll stop me is money lol
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My brother looks like a Yakusa cuz he is always mistaken for a Japanese (being a Taiwanese and lives in NZ) he's got like 6 giant tattoos (dragon, snake, rooster to represent his kids) and a surfing skeleton and a tribal design. He was told immediately as he landed in Japan for holiday this year to cover up his tattoos..😅
wait what do you mean King Georve V had a tattoo of a dragon and a tiger?
I was as shocked as you are 😁 there's no pics of it unfortunately, but since he wrote about it in his diary i guess it must be true
Yes I would get a traditional body suit done rhe traditional way of tabor in a heartbeat
I recently I'm pretty good health I am seriously thinking of getting a tattoo simple Japanese word on the back of my the word Ronni be the end of the year
If all humans comes from Africa and Tattoos existed then… then Tattoos where invented in Africa and the individuals who settle different parts of the world brought it with them from Africa
I heard somewhere that to get a real traditional Japanese tattoo, you would first need to talk to the artist, and that it would be then the artist who would choose what to tattoo on you depending on his impression of the kind of person you are. I'm curious to know if it's a real thing that happens, and if it is, then I would like to know which design one of them would believe it's the appropriate for me. I'm cool with whatever, as long as it's not a dragon, or a Labrador... Guess it would be hard to act tough if you are in prison with a chinchilla tattooed all across your back, no matter how cool the design looks.
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Thanks for watching! Glad you found my channel 🙏🏻
Can I have a source on the Monet and van goth being inspired by Japanese art really love the content but that seems a little outlandish of a claim
Van Gogh collected Japanese wood block prints. Around 500 survive and are part of the Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection. Van Gogh's "Bridge in the Rain(after Hiroshige)" is a clear example of the influence.
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Japanese have definitely gone through about every phase of tattooing in society.
The best rule for tattoos is, never think of one as a mere fashion accessory
Yakuza have the beat Tattoos of any culture or group, their tattoos compete with Renaissance art IMO and im European.
The Yamato, I've heard, were instrumental in tattoos becoming less socially acceptable--as is mentioned here, they imported the culture and ideals of China.
Indeed! The Yamato can be found all over early Japanese history, they were instrumental in shaping Japan into what we know today. Surely tattoos had a certain stigma attached to them partly because of the Yamato's influence on culture at the time!
@@anikihistoryI originally thought their aversion to tattoos may have been owed to their being Israelite (though they did not follow all the Torah, as with other diaspora Israelites who also forgot their origins, many traces of their Jewishness could have remained embedded as a part of their generally accepted culture--eg, some "lost tribe" Jews still light candles on Friday, don't mix meat and milk, etc, without knowing particularly why, considering it just an idiosyncratic family practice), but maybe it really could have been "Chinese"--or both.
Would it be wrong for me as an American to get a tattoo of the Kanazawa waves the painting speaks to me and the only thing stormed is not wanting to offend anyone of that culture
Western tattoos of the Scythian, or of the Pictic Celts Bodypaint looked intricate too.
I could guess it was the water margin
well, i agree that 9 dragons is way cooler than 7 or 8 dragons
Yoo, Otzi the the frozen caveman had animal tattoos as well. Not just lines in succession, tell the whole story 😊
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This needs more tattoos in it .
By thousands of years I take it that it includes the ainu people or do you mean I came with the immigrants that inhabited Japan after Ainu
The Ainu are descendants of the Jomon from what i've read 🤔
They actually have a lot of history with tattoos as well that might be worth exploring!
@@anikihistory it seems like you’d need to go back to Mesopotamian times for that mate lotta ground to cover between then and the jomon mate I’ll let you do the hard work and take all the credit for your it infront of my friends 🤣😜😉
@@w8ngr Lmao gotcha! When i make a million bucks off that video i'll give you a share 💰
@@anikihistory a free patreon will do 😉
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北斎/Hokusai is read with [s] sound, not [z].
tattoos are not allowed in the hot spring bath houses... ask how I know
Had same problem too
@ 14:00. It wasn't funny, when you make it all the way to dog, it was time for a head chop!
Art should remain art that doesn't disfigure or deface one's own body otherwise it is primitive since to destroy your own body is. Many people I have met who have a criminal history have tattoos outside of Japan.
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If you're going to show off your tats, please hit the gym. Who are they meant to impress, women, men, themselves or nobody? Is it meant to denote status? I ask because I fell asleep to a WWII doc, ended up dreaming about getting a full body tattoo, posing in front a mirror to show it off, then waking up to some doughy guy showing off his tats and me almost vomiting. If you look like Steven Segal, go with the Ninja outfits.
I dislike tattoos, they’re ugly! My dad got hit by a bomb his hand was blown off and his teeth were blown out. His back was a green color from the burns he suffered. He also had pock marks from the shrapnel.The human body is beautiful without such coloring.
Did Samurai get Tattoos ?
Western tattos are often a joke. Japanese tattoos on the other hand show pure skill. Its basically the comparison between suhi with sake, and avocado sushi that taste like crap with some mid craft beer that is worth 20 dollars
Great video! I'm writing a university essay comparing the history of European and Japanese tattoos in the early modern era and would love to know what some of your sources are here?
in the edo period. also fisherman or fireman had tattoos over there backs of what they do. there were no criminals threr were heros. still there is a fest in when they dance on the shrine and show threr back tattoos of.