Japanese Tattoo-More Than Just Body Art
If you are fan of Britney or Pink then well there is one thing common in them, Japanese kanji tattoo. Japanese tattoo designs or symbols are very popular in America. Japanese tattoo history takes us very back when ordinary people were used to get tattoos as a part of celebration.
These tattoos were banned in 19th century in Japan to make good impression on Western world. In year 1945, they were again legalized but still the people with tattoos are banned in some social spaces as tattoos have connection with Yakuza, the Japanese mafia.
Nowadays Japanese youngsters are more attracted towards these tattoos but they use American style of tattooing and not the traditional one. In Japanese they say it Horimono which means art of tattooing. What you commonly see in Japanese tattoos are mythological creatures like phoenix called Ho-ho and Dragons.
Animals like tiger, snake, octopus or plants, religious images etc are very common where each symbol represents a certain quality. The most popular Japanese tattoo design is Kanji. These are the symbols with Chinese origin which are used for nouns. Most popular Kanji symbols include symbol for love, warrior, strength, angel, effort, heaven, etc. Attractive and small designs of these symbols have made them appealing to customers.
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