Show JAPANESE TATTOOING confined to the lower classes takes the place of clothing i t t 30 basea in tokio how it qt iv la Is done 01 the t tattooing of the skin skill by japanese thos a of we the lower lins lias attracted much observation from europeans ilia due partly to extraordinary thel elaboration and artistic skill displayed disPlay cd partly 10 to tile fad fact that the occupations and customs of the class in which i t tattooing is most practiced A arc re such ns as to render it necessary f frequently to to weir wear none but the most I 1 ili air 1 1 appan I 1 atela 0 garments ar ments the sub glib jel lias ins never so far as we tire iwae awata been examined with so much thoroughness and care is as by dr baciz carlz lie ile says that among among the various peoples which have i in n the course of centuries reached a hf high h standard of culture the japan japanese ese ore are probably the abo only race which have retained generally the practice of tattooing and have babli brought etto a state af of hughly artistic developer rient up to a few years ago ago 0 the practice was so widespread that in tokio alone there are estimated to have been possibly still are arc men who were tattooed this decoration is not confined is as in western countries to a 2 small part of tile body lint but it covers the whole back and a considerable part of the limbs tile the headd linail li cail neck hands bonds and feet are arc never tattooed a of importance if in explaining pla ining the practice it wits was confined to the lower classes annilo aiming the better classes it was con considered considene d uni to the in ill this way it was widely spread among n the workmen in great 0 towns anil and coolies and even today to day it is exceptional to find an tit old man mail of either cither ot of these occupations who is not tattooed the objects illustrated were various among among tile most corn com were larme large a dragons M lions hong battle scenes beautiful women historical occurrences flowers etc ur dr states slates that he never siy siw obscene pictures tato tattooed oed the colors employed ire are blik black which appears blue and various shades of red tile the first is obtained from indian ink the usual Japanese writing 0 material the red from cinnabar ain r when a roan mail wishes to undergo the process lie le looks out in a popular picture book some illustration which takes likes t liis his fancy or lie dolves something 1 I from his own olt if imagination 0 and goes 0 as with it to tile artist tile the latter makes the arrangements nud and sketches the alie picture on oil tile skin skiff if lie is skilful at liis his calling lie he sketches the he merest outline mid and straighten straight wn introduces duces all the details I 1 but if lie he is not so confident in ili himself lie he first draws the hie whole picture on oil the skin skill there is no special ceremony attending the work as 03 in soure some of the south sea islands nor is thare an any y religious 0 signification in the process the file artil uses for tile purpose axe cadin fine sharp sc sen liling ing ne needles ettles fixed four t tilva til give vc twenty or forty together in if a 4 piece of IN they are arc arranged in meyeral severn rows it when hen there ire arc forty they stand slain in ili four rovis ion sol of ten each catli the points ire are quite even except I 1 when licit it i desired to lo produce a light or dark daric shading when then the ibo needles nrc are arranged in corresponding len lengths this coni com is said to lift ile especially painful nl the skin skill it the place where the puncturing 0 is going 1 on of is stra clied bencen tile hie thumb and first linger of tile operator 1 attlio lie holds between the lie third and fourth fin fingers finers 0 ers of the same hand a riling writing c abrl brush with wilh ink or cinnabar as may lie be required on oil it ile ie holds the wood the needles in his ri right ht hand 0 and 1 ill 11 1011 put the color on oil thein ho he tests taz alic hand on oil the thumb of his left hand and then pro proceeds MILIS with extraordinary rapidity to puncture the skin skill stopping 0 ci ciery cry now low and again 0 to put on oil the fluid anew dr baciz counted on oil one occasion ten tell punctures per second nud and as there acre ten tell needles cedles li the person being dicing tattooed tallo oed punctures puncture per second the wonder is that thai with such speed excellent pictures res with various degrees of shading can call be produced produce but birt such I 1 is s tili alic jis fact Askil A skilful ful operator can ih i aliis way puncture tile the back 0 or r t and of a grov gronn if man in ili a day A few hund acl thousand punctures ire arc necessary necess nry for this purpose the patients patient if liz lie maybe may be so styled does not suffer stiffer pain as tile punctures are apt t very nry n ry they aikle rattler rather than hurt no bleil blo l is drawn 1 a I circumstance which shows that hill the needles ne cilles ile do not reach the lie cuticle and in which also tile slight e paia of the operation and tile the possibility of enduring tit I 1 rin it this lion hovi ever is not the case always login many luany pitts palts of tile hody ft here her tile skin is tender lender or where a deeper shada Is j bonfe bloomil conides slowly to tile llie surface aisil if ilia operation tic lc conics painful pa irful this occurs mot most frequent lynt nt alic knees anil elbows elbow to lie be sell tattooed therefore is taken as a sign of manly join y vigor ami d endurance As soon scion as alic sit sitting is over the hie paux eurcil pails ire arc lin thed allidi warin water which arr duces a slight the alic color then conics out aloro cleady than llian before and tile the patient can call tie do as lie lilies no special diet did is ordered A few hours tours after the operation lie often lias lag it slight feverish feeling but alli this soon leaves him after about thice hys days the skin oft off like I 1 hran ran but the oell parts ire arc n irritable or sensitive and the ilia mn mill goes about liis his ork is as il tl I 1 etc are cases in ill 1 which hiell IN conlen linvs 11 pvc been tatt tattooed oded but the alie c nrc are nery cry tire rare the h a women are mostly ili ottly dissolute who allow tills to ile bo done hill but it is 13 said that the colors como cow 3 out with great gr el dt clearness mid and beauty oft oi tj alic ie coin pa r ath ely fair of women recently tattooing lias has been prohibited it liy by law under ilia impression i lapre b boll that it is fl a barbarous ati custom green unworthy of a 1 civi civilized lied people hut bilt tattooing is so to that 0 ot all other nations that Lur european sailors are said to look forward to it as tile prin pall div advantage tilt abc in a I 1 asit to the build of the sun sul this being tilt thu Iffe in fit which th the practice is carried out ort dr DC baelz comes ir to da discuss ass its origin tint and meaning 11 the file ofelea reference c we a have to tattooing in ill eastern asia ts states that a chinese prince about years ago who waa ans nominated heir to the throne a V flindt his will had bad billi himself telf tattooed in order to render his succession impossible but it ilia present day tile the practice in china and rorea norca lias his fallen into desuetude while if in burmah it still appears to be in III rope JD ili 1872 a man mail was exhibited 11 in europe who hail had been a pr prisoner among the burmese and who was tattooed from the crown of the ilia head to the got sole of the foot the practice is is till still prevalent among the south sea islanders and net the american indians in ili his work on the origin of whitin writing m seeks to show that tattooing 0 is a kind of writing hut but however c r correct thi this s theory may be in ithe case of the tattooed peoples known to him it t certainly does docs not liolu hotel good in the case of the hie japanese tho the signification 0 of the practice C sa V vs s ur dr had baciz amon among tile latter is quite distinct front from tk that flat ahu li it has bag among other oilier peoples in ili the first place I 1 among 1 the south r sea e a islanders and the indians tattooing has a religious menai in aug it is it a ceremonial frequently 1 a I sacred process there is if nothing of this in ili inpan neither ceremony other peculiar meaning 0 it is done for cosmetic purposes anti anil for no oilier tile again 0 among other r peoples necip I 1 as tattooing was a species specie of distinction it the ile heroes roes leading a c chiefs hief s of the tribe in ili japan it ii marks 1 a I man mail of the lower classes also tile the uncovered 1 parts of the body such is as the face citek hands etc are arc the favorite spots for tattooing in fit japan it is only the abc portions usually clothed winch are arc tattooed it is nolice atle thu that amonn among 1 the aluos life hie tattooing takes place on tho the exposed parts ot of the body bod and that it is largely by women two circumstances which distinguish ce it from the llie practice among t tile the japanese and in ili which the ailing resemble other northern people site lucli ns the Esqui maux the Osti aks and others in ili answer to tile the the question what meaning e lias has llie ilia practice among among the Japa japanese as distinct from zer other races the life replies that lit ii japan tattooing lalo tato is 1 a I garment a decoration various proofs ot of this statement are advanced amo among 11 them heir being 0 tile following ing 0 only of I 1 y those parts ot of tile body are arc tattooed which ire arc Ustia llY covered all workmen do not tattoo themselves lilt but exclusively those hose who work causes excess CK cessie he perspiration anti and who can call therefore work best in ili ademi a semi twide state slate such as run rennets nets grooms bearers etc and aifong among these the practice prevails pie vails ool only Y is ith those who have connection willi veith large barp towns couns herc fructify n odd be objectionable their garments are arc t tattooed gi on if lucar bodies I 1 and they appear clothed it hout lollies clothes before the llie public the peasants lica ire never tattooed again I 1 the colors of the titto tattooing correspond so ilith that of me dress dregs it is ia the same dirty dark blue this never naver suggested k itself to tile the japanese they alicy thought that it must have coine filin fi oin china anil and that it 11 was wi a species of punishment it II was wag it is is true truck av at one time life custom to t tattoo marks into crim binak but bill this was confined to I a ling iiii on oil the it could not the thread of the pra pretice among certain classel classa il ii certain directions dr ll aels theory that it ic is ia merel Y v a substitute for dress anti ami as tl alic le eming jiing adf clothes is is now co compulsory in pul sory tattooing lia lost its meaning As for ir ils odgin ou gai i alc peoples around the japanese the mons and ami the have practiced cil it und the japanese nai naM gators acors who alio traveled trav clcil far and ami wide wide iu in the 1 wistern sens seas in ili the sixteenth century might well haic se secil ell it elsewhere tile the japanese discovered says dr illenz that man mail can call paint a 1 figure fi 0 lire on oil liis his skin the rain cannot biot isiash away tile still wither or cen all time destroy and aith their instinctive artistic skill they gradually gia gin dually developed and perfected the ori original anil rude cloures in ili iden idea anti and execution at first lew only wore this blue skin dress airl tit these few fen appeared to their companions decorated and ami clothed a tattooed ocil person does aloes not appear atA willy fe unk aked cil and ns as such a I 1 was lias cheap and lasting and ami every roan mail could have it tie ac chiding to Hs own fancy tattooing became the faslli 0 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