The Meaning Behind the Yakuza's Tattoos
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So here's the July video - oops. But thanks for the patience as I was dealing with a hand injury - 3 stitches and an overdue video later hope you guys enjoy.
@Kriegter
3 жыл бұрын
Is painful yes?
@willemwavefoe553
3 жыл бұрын
Understandable, have a nice day.
@earthgovernmentcolonialall3973
3 жыл бұрын
Freidheim of Prussia what happen to your hand?
@drrage1154
3 жыл бұрын
Do one on the Cyprus war in 1955 and in 1974
@earthgovernmentcolonialall3973
3 жыл бұрын
Can you try and do the Costa Rican 1948 Revolution , a “kinda” forgotten revolution
We have an update: the Japanese Supreme Court has decided for tattoo artists not to have a medical license as a requirement. In other words, tattooing is legal!
@devinreis5811
2 жыл бұрын
With a needle, you have to have a med license. With the tebori style, you don't have to have a med license.
@nickg8915
Жыл бұрын
Yes, although culturally you may still be refused entry to certain places on the soul fact of having tattoos, Japanese or foreigner. It's just the way of things
@lo-rez
7 ай бұрын
@@nickg8915sole*
@GringoOne1
6 ай бұрын
интересный комментарий . Я врач , соответственно имею возможность заниматься медициной и лечением , значит это очень в плюс если бы я делал тату ?)
Just as I thought I made it one day without Majima following me.
@Jrhoney
3 жыл бұрын
KIRRRRRYUUUUU-CHAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@FoxyTheHiddenOne
3 жыл бұрын
NANI
@Danny149
3 жыл бұрын
Yo kiryu-chan
I only ask one question about the yakuza, why is a guy singing attracting so many people?
@ThomasT1432
3 жыл бұрын
Real Human Bean DAME YO
@mobileslug9603
3 жыл бұрын
Its from a game called yakuza 0
@drollergzb770
3 жыл бұрын
Pocari Sweats dore dake, sui osake demo! Yugamanai, omoide ga!
@mr.outlaw231
3 жыл бұрын
@Real Human Bean Sunao ni I LOVE YOU! Todokeyou kitto YOU LOVE ME! Tsutawaru sa kimi ni Niau garasu no Kutsu wo sagasou
@lo-rez
7 ай бұрын
Dame dame
I love how people think of the games before the actual organization
@New3DSLuigi364
2 жыл бұрын
I Mean; THE GAMES ARE CALLED YAKUZA; BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON THE YAKUZA!!
@GeraltofRivia22
2 жыл бұрын
@@New3DSLuigi364 I know that. But my point is the games have become so popular that a lot of people's default assumption when someone says "yakuza" is the games, rather than the actual organisation, which I find kinda funny.
@punishedfiddle9309
Жыл бұрын
@@GeraltofRivia22 yeah its funny i think sega and rgg when localising the name should either just translate it or keep it (the original name was ryu ga gotoku translates into like a dragon)
@cameron_j40
9 ай бұрын
@@punishedfiddle9309 Yeah but now there's a Yakuza game called Like A Dragon so it'd be strange if they changed it to Like a Dragon: Like a Dragon
When a loan shark asks you to beat someone up in a random empty lot, killing him. Only it wasn't you who actually killed him.
@mayabrainrott
3 жыл бұрын
another man of culture i see
@charliemcmillan4230
3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that one time I had to fight the most dangerous hitman in Southeast Asia in order to take revenge on the shooting of the blind girl I fell in love with
@space_lemonz4561
3 жыл бұрын
What?
@Skeloperch
3 жыл бұрын
When you almost die, and a cute office lady takes you in and lets you be a stay-at-home husband, but you can't let go of your Yakuza ways so you end up menacing the neighborhood oba-chans at book clubs. Many such cases.
@captainbarbossa5201
3 жыл бұрын
@@charliemcmillan4230 The most expensive hit man in all of Asia, too bad all it took was a slugger and a bat to knock him out of the park.
3:05 "and even erotica" does knowing that painting even when blurred make me cultured or a degenerate?
@coppertone3293
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@BigBoss-sm9xj
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@gdttdeggegdh5471
3 жыл бұрын
Au contraire. You are a cultured person who does not let the masses limit your palette, a true patron of the arts.
@das3610
3 жыл бұрын
Someone is gonna ask for the sause
@rvanhees89
3 жыл бұрын
It makes you culturally perverted, a pervert of the arts! I salute you, good man!
Seeing the Hannya in the video placed my mind onto Majima and clouded everything else
feels weird that i started playin yakuza this month and this video comes out lol
@knyx9913
3 жыл бұрын
I was watching a video about the game today
@dlang6487
3 жыл бұрын
Same! I'm on the last chapter of Yakuza 0 and I'm loving it!
@FeatureHistory
3 жыл бұрын
Same lol
@Banzaiiii2223456
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. Must be the bakamitai videos.
@llawliet3733
3 жыл бұрын
@@dlang6487 I already reached Part 5
Dame da ne Dame yo dame na no yo Anta ga suki de suki sugite Dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo Yugamanai omoide ga Baka mitai
@markhenley3097
3 жыл бұрын
Umi yukaba Mizuku kabane Yama yukaba Kusa musu kabane Okimi no he ni koso shiname Kaerimi wa seji
@ozkul_arda200
3 жыл бұрын
Japanese looks cool when it isn't written in spaghetti
It should also be pointed out that the Ainu, an ethnic group that existed before the more-Asian Yamato people that now mainly live in north Hokkaido, have a strong tattoo tradition. Especially among women, who traditionally tattoo their lips and forearms.
I mean in Western Australia apparently, most of the tattoo parlours are owned by legally grey Bikie Gangs. A strange coincidence of paralleled history.
@bottomtext
3 жыл бұрын
Not really, tattoos being associated with criminals and other social outcasts is historically common across the world.
@thewingedporpoise
3 жыл бұрын
@@bottomtext probably only in places where tattoos aren't otherwise significant culturally or religiously
@CHEESYHEAD684
10 ай бұрын
I'm from Australia and yeah it's not the same lol. Japanese tattoos have been criminalized and socially stigmatized for centuries, our bikie gangs have only owned these parlours within only the last 50 years at most, probably during the 70's onwards. Tattoos are found everywhere from Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe. The closest thing I can think of that parallels Yakuza tattoo history is the British history of tattoos, British sailors had unique tattoos and because many of them were press-ganged into the Navy and had a reputation as drunks and rum fiends that would start brawls at taverns and ports, many people started to ostracize those with tattoos.
Ask a simple question,get a brief summary of late Japenese history. A welcome result.
That’s not what I envisioned when you said “penal tattoos”
@vaclav_fejt
3 жыл бұрын
Did you envision the tatto equivalent of falling asleep at a party and getting sharpie art all over your face?
@vaclav_fejt
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, you probably meant *that.* Fair enough.
@Dayvit78
3 жыл бұрын
It took me to 3:27 when I realized his accent was saying "penal" rather than "pen!le"
Just finished Yakuza 0 before watching this video! Phenomenal game! Great work!
Thanks mr history for keeping us entertained during lock down. Much love from Melbourne
Dragon of Dojima
It's always a good day when Feature History uploads
Fabulous art styles as always
They're also used to show them on the final fight against your opponent on the top of a very, very high building.
Nice video and beautiful accent, loved it!
0:36 KIRYUUU CHAAAAN
He’s back!!
Woah, That was exactly what i was thinking last time i was in the shower.
May i ask this but where are people getting the your pic from like napoleon and marechal ney and that where are they getting it from
2:59 Yooooooooo
@iainkillion262
3 жыл бұрын
I knew someone was going to say that lol
@josephstalin7353
3 жыл бұрын
Shamefur dispray
Was just talking about how you cant visit an Onsen with tattoos with my dad then i look at my phone and this vid is out bruh
And they're one of the main reasons why tattoos are hated in Japan (although it was the same story in the West until recently).
Simo and Feature, great collab
The kimono on the left of your thumbnail is worn wrong. It is always worn with the left side over the right. The only exception is for the dead where it’s right over left.
I actually did think about this in the shower last Thursday.
I would be keen to see more crime related history. Love ya vids
I heard that some Yakuza members will have the middle filled with the name of the Yakuza branch that they belong too i think? Can't remember where I heard it from but can't seem to find anything to back that up
Very interesting
I never saw this video coming, interesting....
3/10 no bakamitai in the intro
@DasKaiserManfred
3 жыл бұрын
*Dame dane*
@heresy8384
3 жыл бұрын
*SUNAO NI I LOVE YOU*
@RandomPerson-jo7cw
3 жыл бұрын
*Dame yo dame na no yo*
Can we get an episode on Jamaica's political gang battles in the 70s and 80s? The cowboys, er I mean "political activists", and gun battles of wild wild west Kingston were something else.
The Dragon of Dojima
Yakuza memes, Yakuza memes everywhere...
Can you do you some brands history
Kazumi is the only Yakuza that matters.
@jurtra9090
3 жыл бұрын
You mean Kazuma?
Hmmm strange I was looking about this on wikipedia just yesterday 👁👄👁
I’ve found an interesting war and that’s the Angolan civil war. Could be a interesting idea.
Will you do a video about the Russian tattoos in the future?
Quite neat
Not only Japanese Yakuza have tattoos but a lot of East Asian mafias or criminal organizations have back tattoos. In Korea having tattoos are considered taboo, they would censor them if lets say an artist has shoulder tattoo and have a live televised show would have to be covered up. Not to mention when Korean Kingdom fell Japanese gangs that had smuggled things in and out left a mark which brought tattoos in to Korean criminal society. I believe scars tell more of story than tattoos. If I didn't have my scars I would consider of getting tattoos but I'm not ashamed of my teenage years or the exploits that happened which lead me to get shot five times and stabbed. What embarrassed me the most or feel guilt is when I got arrested once and my mother had to pick me up from the police station. I never felt guilty before especially if had to do with something that someone deserved but seeing her face, that disappointed face was the first time made me reevaluate my life. Oh a lot of the tattoos are symbolic, it tells the story of the Yakuza member and usually explains what kind of person they are.
The pronunciation makes me wince a bit, but I really like the video.
Awesome.
It's interesting and alsoI feels so strange that the Japanese style tattoos are such a taboo at Japan and at the same time such a trend at West 😏
can you do Eritrean Ethiopian, the 30 years war, and 1998 to 2000 war, please?
That’s rad.
@user-uq5il4pi7e
3 жыл бұрын
H I R A M E T A
Do the Chaco war a really interesting war in my opinion
When are we going to see the Second Boer War????
The Outsider is an underrated movie.
Could you please do the biafran war?
Plz , do Balkan Wars !!!!!
i wish know the meaning for each tattos lines for criminals and what they meaning
Do the Russian prison tattoos, please.
In other words, japanese style tatoos are more popular in the west than in japan itself
Great video, it would be awesome if you covered multiple criminal organizations and the meanings of tattoos on their organizations and the taboos about them
make a video on Al Capone.
Joe Rogan told interesting story where he was working out Inside a hotel, Inside their private gym. They came to tell him he must cover up in order to remain.
@patrickpower2215
3 жыл бұрын
What podcast ?
@bryanguzik
3 жыл бұрын
@@patrickpower2215 it's somewhere in this clip from one of his old shows. Was a while ago so don't know if beginning, middle, or end. Also think there's other little things related to customs & yakuza. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2qaz5SDc9XSfdI.html
@patrickpower2215
3 жыл бұрын
@@bryanguzik thanks mate
A fucking shame that the algorithm fucked this vid, this is for me personally one of your best vids, i love such obscure topics, same with the uniform one
please do the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 please
Japan is an island in East Asia
is it okay to have a back tattoos like the Yakuza? thanks for answering 😁
dame da ne dame no dame no na yo
make a video on the history of Japanese anime and how it has influenced the world.
You can never trust those who cant pinky promise
Shows his rings tat I’m from the ryukoos pal
ayyyy its this guy
Ainu also used Tattoos.
DAME DA NE
Dame da ne, dame yo, dame na no yo
Taddoos!
There is a mistake at 4:30 It's written "PROHIBITNG TATTOOS", while it should be "PROHIBITING TATTOOS".
I keep hearing "Tatooine" instead of "tattooing"...
According to one source, a samurai could kill a peasant if the samurai felt disrespected by the peasant with absolutely no repercussions; supposedly a large percentage of Japanese, over 90% descend from the samurai in one form or the oth
DOJIMA NO RYU
Yes, it is unusual to see Japanese people with tattoos, unless near a military base
Is it just me or is the audio quality kinda funny
your videos is not on nebula :(((
3:00 yoooooooooooooo
Jiro time
dame da ne dame yo
@feedmementoes2743
2 жыл бұрын
@ʀ ᴏ ꜱ ᴇ-Vlog Go to My Channel idk, i cant really remember why it *was* popular. mind you, this comment was from a year ago. but my general guess is that the game had funny dialogue, and people used that one song as an example of it
*bang*
Also, many U.S. military personnel, especially Marines, have tattoos. Since many see the American military presence in Japan as an occupying force, that might be another reason why people with tatoos are banned from many bath houses and gyms in Japan.
Hey human, yeah you Have a great day, life might be hard right now, we will make it through it, have a great life, from A Friendly Stranger
@markhenley3097
3 жыл бұрын
ok
@BigBoss-sm9xj
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man right I’m suffering through covid and it’s a bitch to deal with
I will like japanese tatto to continue the way it is. If they become legal it would loose their beuty and the outlaw feeling.
To be fair I misheard you say "Penal Tattoos" and was expecting something else
@markhenley3097
3 жыл бұрын
The worst was branding on the chest with letters.
Binod
can you do Russian mafia tattoo
dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo anta ga suki de suki sugite dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai.....
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To be honest, never seen or knew about them having tattoos.
Funny how the ban on Yakuza made crime in Japan 100 times worse.
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History of tatooing, not history of Tatooine, my young nerd-padawans.
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