This week’s article will be focusing on Irezumi (a style of tattoo), Pearling, self mutilation and its connections with the Japanese underground crime organisations called the Yakuza. (One might ask if Yakuza can be considered a subculture; I’m not sure of that myself, but this blog more interested in the body modifications they practice as a group, which include sporting Irezumi tattoos, self mutilation by cutting off their fingers and penile implants (although called pearling, can also be…
