The Art and Beauty of Japanese Tattoos
Whether you’re into tattoos or not, there is no way you can deny the skillful art and beauty of Japanese tattoos.
Continuing since about the 3rd century, tattooing in Japan is a tradition that has been developed over a long period of history. Popular themes include: carps, tigers, mythical animals such as dragons and phoenixes, flowers such as Japanese cherry and chrysanthemum, and the Buddhist motifs like Amitabha Tathagata, bodhisattva and Siddham script (bonji).
In Japan, the choice to adorn your body with ink is not without stigma. For example, you’re not allowed to enter a public bath (onsen) in Japan if you have tattoos.
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Dumm
Jan 10th, 2010cool tattos. regards
Uncle B
Feb 7th, 2010Tattoos, here and in the orient: When the young girl in the illustration is older and more wrinkled, things may not appear so comely and beautiful. Aging, a fact of human life will distort the canvas and the art just as in real life. Have the artists been skillful enough to foresee this? I doubt it and am saddened by this inevitable fault in both the art and life.
Jenni D.
Feb 25th, 2010Meh, I hate the wrinkled tattoo comment crap. I for one don’t smoke, don’t tan, etc. and don’t think I’m gonna be a wrinkled up old prune. My mom is in her 50s and is pretty wrinkle free except crows feet and laugh lines from living life joyfully.
Plus if you’re the type to have wrinkles you can be wrinkled and plain or wrinkled and colorful. Besides you are saying because the art will eventually fade or become less beautiful (in your opinion) than it should never be created in the first place? To me it makes it even more precious and beautiful because time is fleeting and the art will only look it’s best for so long.