Full Body Tattoo

Thinking about a full body tattoo from Japan? Learn about the origins of the appalling for some and interesting for others trend of Japanese full body tattoos.

The history of the art of tattooing dates back to over two thousand years. In the initial years the practice of tattooing was used as a means of punishment for the transgressors of law. This would tag the individuals who would be identified as outcasts of society. In fact Japan was the last country to abolish the practice of punitive tattooing.

Over time this practice had produced a group of outcasts with marks of tattoos showing their violation of law. Such individuals then started resorting to full body tattoos in order to hide their shame. For this purpose the tattoo artists derived a range of decorative tattoos which would be stamped all over the body.

With time the practice of full body tattooing grew in popularity as the trend began to reach the larger cities in Japan. During the Tokugawa period which is dated between 1603 and 1868 the Japanese public increasingly opted for full body tattoos as a reaction to extremely strict sumptuary laws. The practice of tattooing was continuously being condemned by the Japanese authorities but to no avail. Even today it is forbidden to make a public display of your tattoo in Japan by law.