japanese tattoo yakuza

japanese tattoo yakuza

japanese tattoo yakuza

the photo is courtesy of sainz from flickr

Since the influence of Confucianism and Buddhism on the Japanese culture, tattoo art has a negative connotation for the majority of the Japanese people. In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes.