Tobi (host)
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686 appearances
3 recordings
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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Was this one of the first kind of commonly used ways of the tattoo?
Or were there some other things before that?
Or protection in a way.
It's interesting that the association was criminality preserved because you also write about the fact that if we go back further in history, the Ainu in Hokkaido were having traditional tattoos.
The people from the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is now commonly called Okinawa, also had their tattoos.
Why did these kind of not shine through?
I believe even the Jomon people had kind of some tattoos much earlier.
So that's an association with the art, with the tattoo itself.
But who are the people that are making these?
Horitoku, for example.
He's a master that has learned this from someone, but he's not affiliated with organized crime.
So where does that kind of craftsmanship culture come from and how is it being preserved in its own kind of element without necessarily being involved with organized crime, so to say?
What do these tattoos mean for the artists?
Because I imagine for the firefighters, the artisans, they do them as a talisman.
It's for self-protection.
The Yakuza, it's a right of entry.
It's a way for them to maybe scare off other people, showcase their personality.
But what do these mean for the artists?
Why do these artists kind of want to learn and preserve this traditional way?
And what are they trying to convey with maybe specifically the Tebori, where they still do everything by hand traditionally?
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