Japanese Tattoos in Melbourne have become very famous nowadays. If we go back to track the history of these tattoos, for a brief time near the end of World War II, getting or giving a tattoo in Japan was illegal. The end of the war brought along with it an end to that crime as well.
The alphabetic characters that you can see in many of the Japanese Tattoos in Melbourne are called ‘Kanji’. These characters, alone or in combination, can display a complete range of human emotions, thoughts, poetry, and proverbs. In addition to the Kanji characters, there are other different spiritual, animal, and nature-oriented symbols and images which make their way onto the skins of people in the form of a ‘Japanese tattoo’.
Irezumi, one of the more traditional Japanese Tattoos in Melbourne, depict dragons, koi and many other symbols of Japanese lifestyle and culture. These kinds of Japanese tattoos are becoming increasingly well-liked with women who are having these intricate tattoo designs placed on their ankles, hips, back, and arms.
The recorded history of Japanese Tattoos in Melbourne goes back to Japan around 5000 B.C., and it is likely that Japanese people were drawing tattoos on each other even before then since early Japanese artifacts dating back earlier than those days have clay figurines with tattooed faces.
In the early days of Japanese warrior clans, elaborate tattoos symbolized the warrior's capability to withstand a certain amount of pain. The larger and more detailed & intricate the Japanese tattoos were, the braver the warriors were believed to be.
As the warriors began to fall out of fashion and Japan’s culture moved towards art and craft, Japanese tattoos shifted to symbolise applaud and appreciation for the finer things in life and were quite often associated with power and wealth.
