Talk about Yakuza tattoo certainly not be separated from the long history of Yakuza, the Yakuza begins approximately in 1612, when the Shogun Tokugawa shogun in power and get rid of before. This turnover resulted in approximately 500,000 people who previously called samurai hatomo-yakko [shogun servants] becomes lost master, or referred to as the ronin
Tattoo on the whole body, it is a trade-mark of the Yakuza, as we know so far. Based on the survey, in 2005 and the number of members of the Yakuza in Japan, there are an estimated 86,300 people.
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